Archie Stambush

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801235
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newburgh, IN 14 March 1924 Son of Edna Beshear.

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 27 October 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana

Other

Baled out POW

Lubbecke, Germany 30 January 1944 Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

30 January 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Buried

Springdale Cemetery, Sebree, Webster County, KY 22 June 1966 Springdale Cemetery Sebree, Webster County, Kentucky

Died

Slaughters, KY 19 June 1996

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 30 January 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database