Stanley Naismeth Dwyer
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Stanley Dwyer, a graduate of Glasco High School and Kansas State College, enlisted in December 1941 and first served in the Signal Corps. He received his wings and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant at the Marfa Army Air Forces Flying School, Texas on 28 July 1943. Assigned to the 463rd Bomb Group / 775th Bomb Squadron (15th Air Force) in Italy, he flew on many missions. Shot down by Flak on the 10 May 1944 mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory, Austria, flying as Pilot of B-17 # 42-31685. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR4660. Killed In Action – Still listed as MIA (Missing In Action) at http://www.dpaa.mil/OurMissing/WorldWarII/wwii_main.aspx?br=aaf&a=d. His niece, Kay Hughes, with contributions by Stanley’s brother Harold E. Dwyer, himself a WWII USAAF veteran combat pilot, wrote a book about her Uncle : "Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II" (first published in 2011 - new edition in 2013 by Dime Publishing LLC, Omaha, Nebraska.)
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 32719960
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 38396309
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Service Numbers: O-750952
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37480721 and 0-784131
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 12120237 and O-814293
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
near Asherville, Kansas, United States | 26 October 1916 | the son of Harold Winfield Dwyer and Ellen Josephine (Cristman) Dwyer |
Enlisted |
Portland, Oregon, United States | 11 December 1941 | |
Other Missing In Action (MIA) |
near Vöstenhof, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Was killed in the loss of B-17 # 42-31685 |
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, United States | |||
Other Memorialized |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy | Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
MACR 4660
NARA WWII Enlistment records
"Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II", by Kay Hughes, niece and Harold E. Dwyer, brother, of Pilot Stanley N. Dwyer (iUniverse books - 2011)
Contacts with the Stanley Dwyer family.