Dayton B Mitstifer | American Air Museum in Britain

F/O Dayton B Mitstifer, Co-pilot on B-26 41-34947 'Lady Luck' - picture courtesy of American Battle Monuments Commission.

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Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 10-Feb-44 in B-26 41-34947 'Lady Luck' when flak shell hit fuel tank of starboard wing, wing detached at nacelle and A/C tumbled on fire. France. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2082.

Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), PH.

Service

People

Robert Spencer

Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 386th Bomb Group
Assigned to 554BS, 386BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 10-Feb-44 in B-26 41-34947 'Lady Luck' when flak shell hit fuel tank of starboard wing, wing detached at nacelle and A/C tumbled on fire. France. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2082. ...

Units served with

9th Air Force
386th Bomb Group

Group
The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the...
554th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

Aircraft

41-34947 'Lady Luck'

B-26 Marauder
554BS, 386BG, 9AF "Lady Luck". Lost 10-Feb-44 when flak shell hit fuel tank of starboard wing, wing detached at nacelle and A/C tumbled on fire. France. 1 x POW, 5 x KIA. MACR 2082. ...

Associated Place

Great Dunmow

Military site : airfield
The airfield, two miles north-west of Great Dunmow, was built in 1942-1943 by the US Army's 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation), alongside British contractors. B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group moved in in September 1943, and in October the Group...
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Cemetery

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Liberty, PA	17 December 1921
Son of Clarence and Leda B Mitstifer.
Enlisted	Columbus AAF, MS	6 September 1942
Columbus AAF, Mississippi
Based	Great Dunmow	1943 – 10 February 1944
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
Died	East of berck sur mer, France	10 February 1944 – 10 February 44
Failed to Return (FTR) 10-Feb-44 in B-26 41-34947 'Lady Luck' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2082
Buried		1946
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot D Row 5 Grave 39

Date	Contributor	Update
10 February 2020 20:35:20	Al_Skiff	Changes to service number, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/28714415 https://www.fold3.com/image/310763995 https://www.fold3.com/image/142432147 https://www.fold3.com/record/83321822-dayton-b-mitstifer https://www.fold3.com/record/529912118-dayton-b-mitstifer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56647896/dayton-b_-mitstifer
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:07:09	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide