Robert Glenn Stamos
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 50775 - 2nd Lt Robert G Stamos, 506BS, 44BG
On 4-Oct-43, B-24 42-72873 "Raggedy Ann II" was attacked head on by enemy fighters. Badly damaged, the plane begin to spin down and when Stamos gave the order to bail out, Navigator John A. Must and Bombardier Donald G. Campbell jumped out and drowned in the North Sea.
Stamos and his Co-Pilot Howard W. Metts later regained control of the plane and managed to fly it back to England. MACR 5149.
Lt Stamos crash landed at RAF Lympne, Kent on return from target Furth, Germany on 25-Feb-44 in B-24 41-29231 'Impatient Virgin'. RTD.
On 27-Mar-44, he was piloting B-24 42-100107 and its right landing gear collapsed on landing on the return from a mission to Mont-de-Marsan, France.
Lt Robert Stamos was flying co-pilot for Lt. John D. Money on B-24 42-7522 'Southern Comfort II" when it was shot down 11-Apr-44. Lt Stamos was Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3848.
Awards: DFC, 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734422
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33168900
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer, Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Raggedy Ann II, Star Spangled Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Southern Comfort
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brigham City, Utah, United States | 20 August 1921 | Son of Charles Stamos. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 23 January 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bernberg, Germany | 11 April 1944 | Flying co-pilot on B-24 42-7522 'Southern Comfort II" when it was shot down 11-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3848 |
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Based |
Shipdham | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Brigham City Cemetery Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT | Brigham City Cemetery Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah | |
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Other Commissioned |
Luke Field, AZ | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant - Luke Field, Arizona |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3848 / MACR 3848, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 508, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
