Mixon C Stamper
Military
The aircraft is a Vega B-17F converted to a crew gunnery trainer in mid-1943.
Flying Fortress 1936 1945
Reports to Chief, AAF Summer, 1943, on aircraft nose turret production for B-17 & B-24 programs.
Object Number - UPL 27812 - Bob Presley (lower left) and his crew before departing the USA. The aircraft is a Vega B-17F converted to a crew gunnery trainer in mid-1943.
Shot down 7 May 1944 in B-17 #4237714 'Ronchi. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ronchi
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
13 August 2001 | ||
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Born |
Jacksboro, Texas, USA | ||
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Buried |
Oakwood Cemetery Jacksboro, Texas | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 7 May 1944 |
Revisions
I am the Son-in-Law for Lt. Mixon Stamper , Co Pilot, Second from the left right next to Lt Presley. This picture was taken in Dalhart, Texas during the advanced final training training for this flight crew just before they shipped out. This particular aircraft they are in front of , the 'Tanichka' was assigned there through May 1944 as a training aircraft. Shortly after this photo was taken they were shipped to England and assigned the 'Ronchi" B17-80-DL 42-37714. There this crew was shot down by AA on its very first mission.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4953 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
