Stafford Wilbur Webb
Military ROLL OF HONOURA 1941 graduate of Denison University, Stafford Webb had signed his draft registration card on 16 October 1940 in Greensboro, NC. He received his degree in library science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC and served with the staff of the New York public library before he enlisted in the Air Corps. In April 1942, he was a flying cadet at the Greenville, Mississippi Army Flying School and later took basic training at Maxwell Field, Alabama. A 2nd Lieutenant in the USAAF, he married Gertrude “Trudy”Grimes in Greensboro, NC in October 1942 before he was sent overseas as a B-17 pilot in the 92nd Bomb Group/407th Bomb Squadron. Among Stafford Webb’s 17 missions was the one to the German submarine pens at Lorient, France on 17 May 1943. He was killed in the loss of B-17 Serial 42-30726 during the 14 October 1943 Schweinfurt mission. During the war, his widow served as a Red Cross Recreation Director in military hospitals in the South. She remarried in 1945 and passed away in 2014.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18040599 and O2044434
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32513804
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38124471
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057077 / O-795206
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33350889
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States | 6 August 1919 | The son of Stafford R and Jessie [Johnstone] Webb. |
Died |
near Kembach, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) - died in the plane, hit by a 20mm shell |
Buried |
Kembach, germany | 15 October 1943 | Initially buried in the cemetery at Kembach near Wertheim, Germany |
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States | |||
Enlisted |
Greensboro, NC | in the Air Corps | |
Buried |
His remains were brought after the war to the Lorraine Cemetery where he rests at Plot B Row 28 Grave 48. | ||
Based |
Podington | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Education |
Greensboro, NC | Graduated from Greensboro Senior High in 1936. | |
Other Further Education |
Denison University, OH | Received his Bachelor's in history from Denison University in 1940. | |
Other Further Education |
University of North Carolina, NC | Received his bachelor's in library science from University of North Carolina in 1941. | |
Other Pilot training |
Greenville, MS | Primary flight training - Greenville, MS Army Flying School. | |
Other Pilot training |
Maxwell Field, AL | Basic flight training - at Maxwell Field, AL | |
Other Overseas to ETO |
To ETO May-43. | ||
Other Graduated flight school |
Greensboro, NC | Graduated flight school, pilots wings and commissioned 2nd Lt. | |
Other Promotion |
Podington, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other Air medal |
Podington, UK | Awarded Air Medal in July. | |
Other OLC to Air medal |
Podington, UK | Awarded OLC to Air Medal in 17-Oct . | |
Other Air medal and PH |
Awarded 2nd OLC toAir Medal and PH posthumously. |
Revisions
MACR 846
Some biographical data from http://archive.org/stream/alumnaenewsnov1942unse/alumnaenewsnov1942unse…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 846 / MACR 846, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 330, 502, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database