Edward Francis Stapleton

Military
42-31613 42-31613 UPL 60235 B-17 42-31613 'Sharon Kay'
Rear L-R: Eugene E Hamblin, Donald E Bennett, Clement “Clem” J Dreyer, Fred J Michel, George Brassovan Jr, Jack Sorkin.
Front L-R: Carl W Coker, Ed Stapleton, James H McIlroy, Donald D Merrick.

Object Number - UPL 60235 - B-17 42-31613 'Sharon Kay' Rear L-R: Eugene E Hamblin, Donald E Bennett, Clement “Clem” J Dreyer, Fred J Michel, George Brassovan Jr, Jack...

Assigned to 325BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Force landed in B-17 42-31613 Sharon Kay. RTD

Shot down 29-May-44 in B-17 42-37877. Prisoner of War (POW).





Awards: AM, PH, POW, American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31613
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sharon Kay
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Popcorn Fort
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

14 August 1923 Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 29 May 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III

Died

5 March 2019 Died Newport Beach, California

Buried

8 March 2019 Interred Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar, Orange County, California

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorRayWells
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Sources

correction off name and update of Connection to 42-31613. info from Gene McIlroy

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5357 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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