Harold G Stalnaker
MilitaryAssigned to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. 90+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Nonnweiler. Mis-Identified, bounced and shot down by friendly P-47's in a 'blue on blue' incident. Slumped forward in harness, A/C streaming white smoke and crashed after an almost vertical dive at Kehlen. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11607.
Awards: DFC, AM (13 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spencer, WV 25276, USA | 10 April 1923 | Son of Gay L and Amy V Stalnaker. |
Enlisted |
Charleston, WV, USA | 3 November 1942 | |
Died |
Kehlen, Luxembourg | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Nonnweiler. Mis-Identified, bounced and shot down by friendly P-47's in a 'blue on blue' incident. Slumped forward in harness, A/C streaming white smoke and crashed after an almost vertical dive at Kehlen. KIA MACR 11607. |
Buried |
Kehlen, Luxembourg | 24 December 1944 | Interred Kehlen, Luxembourg next to crash site. |
Buried |
7 April 2004 | Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA | |
Roane County, WV, USA | |||
Based |
High Halden | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the missing Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
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