Jacob Frederick Stambaugh
MilitaryAssigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Survived crash on return from Bremen in B-24 427647 13-Nov-43; Crashed into trees a mile east of base. Returned to Duty (RTD) No MACR.
Damage received over the target of Friedrichshafen 18-Mar-44 resulted in B-24J 42-100400 leaving formation and landing at Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned (INT). MACR 3409
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 18 March 1944
- Date: 13 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hanover, PA | 9 May 1916 | Son of the late Addison Jacob and Sarah [Markle] Stambaugh. |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 14 October 1942 | |
Other Survived off base crash |
1 mile E of Shipdham, UK | 13 November 1943 | Survived crash on return from Bremen in B-24 427647 13-Nov-43; Crashed into trees a mile east of base. Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Other Interned (INT) |
Dubendorf, Switzerland | 18 March 1944 | Damage received over the target of Friedrichshafen 18-Mar-44 resulted in B-24J 42-100400 leaving formation and landing at Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned (INT). MACR 3409 |
Died |
New Oxford, PA | 10 January 2002 | |
Buried |
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, PA | 13 January 2002 | Mount Carmel Cemetery Littlestown, Adams County, PA |
Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/544842806
https://www.fold3.com/record/18150283-jacob-f-stambaugh
https://www.fold3.com/record/84437926-jacob-f-stambaugh
https://www.fold3.com/image/28638396?terms=42-100400
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHN43.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67579157/jacob-f_-stambaugh
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 371