Ralph Stein
Military ROLL OF HONOURaddition to original post
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20236274 / O-814519
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Savannah, GA | 17 December 1923 | Son of Abraham and Sarah Stein. |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 28 January 1943 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
Died |
Wincanton, UK | 25 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset. KIA |
Buried |
26 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, Chatham County, GA | Re-Interred Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123440206/ralph-stein
Combat Chronology/Losses of the 8th & 9 page 442 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia