Horace E Stewart Jr

Military
media-47860.jpeg UPL 47860 Sgt Horace E Stewart Jr, 815BS, 483BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47860 - Sgt Horace E Stewart Jr, 815BS, 483BG

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

Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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.

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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