Stanley Wayne Rust
Military
Object Number - UPL 60592 - S/Sgt Stanley W. Rust
Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Wesley Brinkley crew. Reported to group on 23-Oct-43. Completed approx. 5 missions from 3-Nov to 13-Dec-43. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany. Bailed out of B-17 42-39768 'Spikey Chair' 13-Dec-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1575.
Awards: AM, PH
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20537909 / O-742948
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spikey Chair
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Butler, PA | 13 June 1921 | Son of Harley J Sr and Catherine N [Johnson] Rust. |
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Enlisted |
Erie, PA | 20 July 1942 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 13 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany. Baled out of B-17 42-39768 'Spikey Chair' 13-Dec-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1575 |
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Buried |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 17 December 1943 | Interred Wilhelmshaven Garrison Cemetery |
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Born |
Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 26 Grave 5 | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 13 December 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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MACR 1575 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
