Joe R Stilwell
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Object Number - UPL 30256 - Joe R Stilwell, SSG 1924-2007
POW crashed near Frankfurt on 9 Mar 45 in B-17 #446897. March 9 1945, His #1 engine was feathered with #2 caught fire sending the plane into a spin which broke off the left wing. All bailed out before the plane disintegrated and a...[incomplete]
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 9 March 1945 |
Revisions
Brought over information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12957; Georgia Chapter 8th AFHS 1998 Directory; Snetterton Falcons, pg 219, 238, 245
MACR 12957 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
