Samuel Orzelle Stamps

Military
Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle". media-377447.jpg FRE 203 Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle". Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 203 - Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME

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Units served with

Aircraft

Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Tinkle
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Quaker Schlemeil
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boaz, AL 9 April 1916

Enlisted

23 September 1942 Nashville, Tennessee

Died

9 February 1991

Based

Boxted Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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