Paul Stillwaugh Ostrander

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

UPL 66978 UPL 66978 1st Lt Paul S Ostrander

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Object Number - UPL 66978 - 1st Lt Paul S Ostrander

Assigned to 84BS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort mission to Stendal, Germany 31-Mar-45 in P-51 44-10485. Killed in Action (KIA).

Awards: AM (9OLC), EAME, PH.

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Units served with

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

84th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-63215

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Omaha, Nebraska	26 May 1924	BornOmaha, Nebraska
Enlisted	Portland, Oregon	14 December 1942	EnlistedPortland, Oregon
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	North Sea	31 March 1945	Killed in Action (KIA)Lost in North Sea
Buried/ Commemorated Tablets of the Missing	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire	1 January 1946	Tablets of the MissingCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, Cambs, UK

Revisions

Date25 Oct 2023 18:37:34

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date2 Feb 2021 20:16:33

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Deleted redundant KIA events.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:18

ContributorAAM

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 13951 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13951 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list