Michael J Stanko
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down on 16 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft was on return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hun Hunter
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Buried |
Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot E, Row 18, Grave 16. | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molac, France | 16 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Molac, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15497; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Added crew position and Loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / MACR 15477or MACR 15497, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database