Edgar Fletcher Stovall Jr
MilitaryAssigned to HQ Sqn, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) troop re-supply mission to Cherbourg peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crossing coast into France hit by flak in port engine, carried onto DZ, dropping supplies, coming off the DZ, hit in starboard engine and forced landed. Hurled through windscreen and injured. Captured 8-Jun-44 and cleared by enemy to field hospital. Released by US troops on 16-Jun-44 and evacuated to US filed hospital. RTD
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Montgomery, AL | 23 October 1941 | Montgomery, Alabama |
Other Force landed WIA |
Amfreville, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) troop re-supply mission to Cherbourg peninsula 7-Jun-44; Having lost both engines force landed. |
Other Captured POW |
Vicinity of Caen | 8 June 1944 - 16 June 1944 | Captured and evacuated to filed hospital. Released by US troops 8 days later. |
Died |
Birmingham, AL | 17 October 2010 | |
Based |
Folkingham | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. |