Stanley R Neal

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Shot down in flames after fighter attacks and crashed near Einbeck, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7569 'Sky Wolf'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7569

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sky Wolf
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 20 February 1944

Born

Marion, Ohio

Buried

Marion, Ohio, USA Marion Cemetery North Lawn Lot 381 C

Revisions

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Updated Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 186989313.

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Changed the label for a Died event to a KIA per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to A/C #42-7569 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2439, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces