Joseph Charles "Big Joe" McCarthy, DSO, DFC & Bar, CD (31 August 1919 – 6 September 1998) was an American aviator who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Bomber Command during World War II. He is best known as the commander and pilot of Lancaster AJ-T ("T-Tommy") in Operation Chastise, the "Dambuster" raid of 1943.
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31 August 1919 St. James, New York
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Died |
6 September 1998 (aged 79) Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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