Donald Maurice Stangle

Military
media-26251.jpeg UPL 26251 Capt Donald M Stangle B-26 43-34221 'Little Jam' pilot. 598BS, 397BG, 9AF.

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Object Number - UPL 26251 - Capt Donald M Stangle B-26 43-34221 'Little Jam' pilot. 598BS, 397BG, 9AF.

Assigned to 598BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. 55 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to bomb Eller railroad bridge hit by fighters, rolled onto its back, split into two crashed near Auderath, Germany. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11549.



Awards: AM (11 OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'

397th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-34221

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Lil Jan
  • Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.

757

  • Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vincennes, IN 47591, USA 21 October 1919 Son of Maurice Aloneous and Blanche Ruth [McCormick] Stangle.

Died

56766 Auderath, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) hit by fighters, rolled onto its back, split into two crashed near Auderath, Germany. 23-Dec-44. KIA. MACR 11549.

Based

Rivenhall 23 December 1944 Assigned to 598BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg City Luxembourg

Buried

Vincennes, IN 47591, USA Memorialised Mount Calvary Cemetery Vincennes Knox County Indiana, USA

Other

Commissioned.

Enlisted

West Point, NY 10996, USA Entered West Point Military Academy.

Buried

Hamm, Germany Interred Hamm Military Cemetery Hamm Germany

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