Stanley Emerson Sackett
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF photo.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Brunswick in P-51 42-106904 shot down in combat with Fw190 crashed at Wunstorf Killed in Action (KIA) 8-May-44 MACR 4537.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Denver, CO, USA | 9 January 1942 | |
Died |
Wunstorf, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Brunswick in P-51 42-106904 shot down in combat with Fw190 crashed at Wunstorf KIA MACR 4537. |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Mandelsloh, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Interred Mandelsloh cemetery |
Born |
Fort Collins, Colorado | Son of Thorwald H and Dorothy E Sackett. | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium | |
Larimer County, CO, USA | |||
Based |
East Wretham | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list