Harold G Stalnaker

Military
media-26342.jpeg UPL 26342 1st Lt Harold G Stalnaker 366FS, 358FG, 9AF.

Object Number - UPL 26342 - 1st Lt Harold G Stalnaker 366FS, 358FG, 9AF.

Assigned 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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