Lowell D Stiles

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16717.jpeg UPL 16717 SSGT Lowell D. Stiles
Waist Gunner
Crew #725 - JOhn Suchiu Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
KIA 15 August 1944

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16717 - SSGT Lowell D. Stiles Waist Gunner Crew #725 - JOhn Suchiu Crew 466th BG - 787th BS KIA 15 August 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mijenaleck in B-24 'Lady Lighting' #42-52597

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

John Suchiu

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-425057
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52597

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Lightning
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fairmont, WV 26554, USA 3 March 1923

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 26 February 1943

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

8351 Wapserveen, Netherlands 15 August 1944

Buried

7971 Havelte, Netherlands 17 August 1944 Havelte Cemetery
Fairmont, WV 26554, USA 416 Wiley Street

Buried

Fairmont, WV 26554, USA Maple Grove Cemetery Fairmont Marion County West Virginia, USA

Revisions

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

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466th BG Historian
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MACR 8428 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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