42-63987 Southwind

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Russell L Hulsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Sidney A Mapes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George E McCray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Thomas H Parker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738018
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
media-37750.pdf (51.27 KB) Document 37750 My moms cousin Teddy Stamper was the tail gunner on Southwind and was KIA 1 Dec 1943. I would welcome contact with anyone associated with Teddy, Southwind or other crew members.

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Teddy Stamper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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  • Description: My moms cousin Teddy Stamper was the tail gunner on Southwind and was KIA 1 Dec 1943. I would welcome contact with anyone associated with Teddy...

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Hollland 1 December 1943

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From Werner Wolfs (User D-Day_44) :-
The last two weeks a team of historians has been digging on the place the B-24 serial number 42-63987 has crashed in the Woods near Herresbach (Belgium )
There main thing was to find MIA pilot "Joseph Wurzer " . Last weekend there work has ended and they left the site of the crashed plane .
Thought some of you would like to know this .
I visited the site yesterday with my son

article now in a Belgian newspaper ( German Languae) :
https://www.grenzecho.net/21704/artikel/2019-09-20/suche-nach-uberresten...

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My great uncle was Teddy Stamper. His widow published a collection of his letters to her before he was KIA. In his letters he states he was assigned to the Southwind upon arriving in England in July 1943

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 2178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database