Stephen L Hegedus
Military ROLL OF HONOURL-R: S/Sgt Richard L Guess, T/Sgt Arch M Crump, S/Sgt James V Roberts, S/Sgt Ronald L Nelson, S/Sgt Stephen L Hegedus, S/Sgt. T J Kilmer.
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 94, 78 -82 includes crew pictures 7, 126.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Missouri Sue
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 April 1943 | |
Born |
Wisconsin | ||
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing) |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p.94, 78 -82 includes crew pictures 7, 126. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database