Harry J Stahlecker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-17G 42-38102 crashed just after take off on an operational mission on 24 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). The weather was very cloudy and this happened as they were forming up.



Purple Heart, Air Medal

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-38102

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 March 1944

Born

Rochester, New York

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

381st Assn. Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia