Horace E Stewart Jr
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Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. 14 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-May-44. MACR 4836. Last seen trying to open the waist door of the war-weary bomber. It is presumed he lost consciousness.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069547 / O-691297
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
16 December 1917 | Son of Horace E Snr and Susie Stewart. | |
Enlisted |
Knoxville, TN, USA | 16 September 1940 | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Died |
Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-May-44. MACR 4836. |
Buried |
11 May 1944 | Saint Avold Cemetery Metz France. | |
Buried |
Knoxville National Cemetery Knoxville Knox County, TN | 7 June 1950 | Re-Interred Knoxville National Cemetery Knoxville Knox County TN, USA. |
Knoxville, TN, USA | |||
Based |
Tortorella | 10 May 1944 | Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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