Herbert J Stockman | American Air Museum

Herbert J Stockman Jr

Military

Bailed out of B-17 #42-5820 over Holland on 7/30/1943, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

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

526th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5820

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mystic
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

VIII Bomber Command 80

Date: 30 July 1943

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Date27 Mar 2022 19:16:38

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US Army Enlistment record

Date27 Mar 2022 16:57:29

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MACR 1362

Date21 Nov 2020 19:29:47

Contributorjmoore43

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:52

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 504; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 271