Stephen Kurnafil

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

RWG, Schrader Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. Killed in Action (KIA). Sgt Kurnafil bailed out and was captured. He was placed in the Marine Hospital at Sanderbusch with fragment wounds to his skull and wounds to his knee and leg. He died of his wounds at 1445 hrs in the hospital. He was interred 29 June 1943 in the Marine Garrison Post cemetery at Wilhelmshaven. The Army was unable to locate his body after the war. Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing in Netherlands AMC.

Syracuse, NY

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6862311
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14124291
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16126272
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16040203
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Born

Syracuse, New York, USA 9 February 1917

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Killed in Action

Bensersiel, Germany 25 June 1943

Buried

Wilhelmshafen, Germany 29 June 1943 Marine Garrison Post Cemetery Section 10 Grave 146

Based

Ridgewell 25 June 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Ancestry.com
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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Changed spelling of surname from 'Kurnafill' to 'Kurnafil'. Source:
ABMC: https://www.abmc.gov/node/532155#.WgHVck1LHcs

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 162 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database