Stewart W Munroe Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40795.
Killed in Action (KIA). TDY 9th AF Oct. 1, 1943 . Hit by flak on mission from Tunisia to Austria in B24 42-40775 'Wolf Wagon'. Crashed near target with 6 Killed in Action (KIA) and 4 Prisoner of War (POW). Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 299
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Date: 1 August 1943
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 299