Verne C Stewart

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 27 January 1943 in B-24D 41-23690 while serving as the Ball Turret Gunner. MACR and Losses report a collision with an enemy aircraft FW 190 (yellow 3 serial 5604) of JG/1 3 Staffel piloted by Fw Fritz Koch. Both planes crashed into the Waddenzee near Harlingen, Holland.

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Connections

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Units served with

44th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

68th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23698) nicknamed "Roamin' Rosie" of the 90th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '41-23690 "Roamin' Roseie" 90th BG, Darwin, 319th "Asterperious" Squadron.'

41-23690

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The crew of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23778) nicknamed "Jenny", of the 44th Bomb Group, return to Shipdham following a raid on Germany, 29 January 1943.

The insignia attached to the breast of several crew members jackets has been censored.

Image stamped on reverse: 'Barratt's Photo Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 29 Jan 1943.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'First American raid on Germany. Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the U.S. Army Air Corps Carried out their first r

VIII Bomber Command 31

Date: 27 January 1943

Places

Shipdham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Pathway

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Delta, Colorado
Buried			Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 2, Grave 48.
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Waddenzee	27 January 1943	Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an FW-190 and crashed into the Waddenzee, Holland.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Delta, Colorado

Buried

Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 2, Grave 48.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Waddenzee

27 January 1943

Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an FW-190 and crashed into the Waddenzee, Holland.

Revisions

Date15 Feb 2015 21:09:41

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15637; Added Burial Event and decorations per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connection to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position to Biography and other details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:22

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15637 / MACR 15637, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 68 by Bishop and Hey , 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 41-42 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database