42-3237 Stymie
David Winther
Object Number - UPL 32214 - "Stymie" and her crews.
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-R] Podington 31/5/43; Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Stephens, Co-pilot: Hoyt Smith, Navigator: Rudi Grum, Bombardier: Bill Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Shay, Radio Operator: Carl Battin (Wounded in Action), Ball turret gunner: Max Drudge (Wounded in Action), Waist gunner: Bill Young, Waist gunner: George Knolle, Tail gunner: Casi Paczynski (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft damage, and further damaged by flak when limping home low over Germany, then bellied in at Holthausen, near Ramsdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1030. STYMIE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738783
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36223393
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1030 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database