Stuart Alan Stygall
MilitaryAssigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Toures in B-24 41-29572 'Scotty' 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. As the pilot exited the A/C he noted S/Sgt Stygall was dead in A/C. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6725
Awards: AM, 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: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060015 / O-808941
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scotty
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Buffalo, NY | 15 October 1918 | Son of Alfred J and Nellie J [McEwan] Stygall. |
Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY | 28 January 1943 | Buffalo, New York |
Died |
Near Ipswich, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toures in B-24 41-29572 'Scotty' 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6725 |
Buried |
8 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Plot A Row 7 Grave 25 | |
Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344 MACR 6725 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia