Stephen Wallace Andrew
MilitaryRoger Freeman Photo.
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 9 air to air kills. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Budapest, pulling clear of the target engine noted to be smoking, after which it quit. Lt Andrew belly landed and then sprinted clear allowing his colleagues to destroy the A/C. 2-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6698.
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 5 May 1944 | Promoted to Major. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 2 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Shot down |
Budapest, Hungary | 2 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Budapest during FRANTIC Russia Shuttle Mission (June-July 1944), pulling clear of the target engine noted to be smoking, after which it quit. Lt Andrew belly landed and then sprinted clear allowing his colleagues to destroy the A/C. 2-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 6698. |
Dallas, TX, USA | |||
Based |
Bodney | 2 July 1944 | Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
This edit was made by Marc Hamel, author and Assistant Historian, 352nd FG Association.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6698 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / unit history