Walter Edward Stuhl
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back L to R: Cedil Morton (Radio), Leonard Griffith (Bombadier), Edward Fioretti (pilot), Samuel Merlo (Navigator), Sidney Bush (co-pilot)
Front L to R: Donald Vorisek (Flexible Gunner), Charles H. Eyre (Ball Turret), Phillip Chaperon (Flexible Gunner), Joseph Rachunas (Tail Gunner), Walter Stuhl (Engineer/ Top Turret)
The only mission this exact crew flew was 13 Apr 44 - the day their B17, Mrs. Geezil crashed near Schweinfurt, Germany.
Post 633, Seaman, Ohio
Object Number - UPL 16721 - The Fioretti Crew Back L to R: Cedil Morton (Radio), Leonard Griffith (Bombadier), Edward Fioretti (pilot), Samuel Merlo (Navigator), Sidney...
Attacked by fighters and the pilot injured and several fires on board on mission to Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, Edward Fioretti Crew. 25 combat missions.
Brunswick on 30 Jan 1944, B-17G #42-31415 returned with the fires extinquished but five of the crew had baled out over Germany. RTD.
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38112, MRS GEEZIL. Killed in Action, MACR 3869
KIA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751254
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39314183
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15014509
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802552
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682476
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 13 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Paulsboro, New Jersey, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 | |
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Buried |
Shares a Grave Marker in Arlington National Cemetery with Charles H Eyre, Ball Turret Gunner on the Fioretti crew. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3869 / MACR 3968, 8th AF Losses, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
