Stephen Peter Judd
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 31541 - Lt Stephen Peter Judd
On a mission to Erkner Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-99975 'The Latrine Rumor' made a forced landing near Wartena, Holland hitting a windmill that crushed the nose section. Killed in Action (KIA). Co-pilot Lt Stephen P Judd died within an hour of the crash. He received the Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster. The Pilot John Kendrick lost both legs to amputation. Four crew members were captured and spent the rest of the war as POWs. The rest survived in hiding with the help of the Dutch resistance.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33476931
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-933195
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35670530
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Yankee Rebel Harmony; The Latrine Rumor
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
9264 Earnewâld, Netherlands | 8 March 1944 | Died soon after crash as a result of severe head injuries. |
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Born |
Cannonsville, New York, USA | ||
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Buried |
Limberg, Netherlands | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
9264 Earnewâld, Netherlands | 8 March 1944 | |
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Other Air Medal Oak Leaf Cliuster |
Revisions
United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2958 / MACR 2958, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
