Carroll B Stubblefield

Military

Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 20 P-38 missions from Iceland. Flew 57 Mosquito missions from England. Shot down by friendly fire, from 9th AF P-47, mistaken for enemy fighter whilst flying Mosquito NS711 On 24 March 1945. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13437.



He and 1st Lt James B Richmond of the 654th Squadron, were on a first-of-its-type mission in a PRXVI mosquito that carried special Pfleuger 25 (IFF) homing equipment.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

John William Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19079017
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James Benjamin Richmond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38062903 / O-707493
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

NS711

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tennessee, USA 14 November 1922 Son of Hiram V and Floy V Stubblefield.

Enlisted

Quincy, IL, USA 28 March 1942

Died

Kassel, Germany 24 March 1945 Shot down by friendly fire, from 9th AF P-47, mistaken for enemy fighter whilst flying Mosquito NS711 On 24 March 1945. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13437.

Buried

Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois Memorial Lawn Cemetery Jacksonville Morgan County Illinois, USA
Morgan County, IL, USA

Other

P-38 Missions

Iceland Flew 20 P-38 missions from Iceland.

Based

Watton 24 March 1945 Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Shiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2001, pages 184-186.

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https://www.fold3.com/page/84386694_carroll_b%20stubblefield/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stubblefield&GSfn…;

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http://aviation-safety.net

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Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996; Listed in The 25th Bomb Group in World War II Book; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 16, 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia