Donald Joseph Stuke

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media-57189.jpeg UPL 57189 1Lt Donald Joseph Stuke. KIA 18 Mar 1944

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Object Number - UPL 57189 - 1Lt Donald Joseph Stuke. KIA 18 Mar 1944

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Landing gear collapsed on pre-flight at Gander, Newfoundland on 8-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31890. RTD.



Mid-air collision with another B-17 and crashed East of Rouen after the mission to Augsburg was aborted on 18-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37913. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3233



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Irving W Cooke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Philip J Donnelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph M Dragovich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Thomas L LeMond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph C Ogg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-37913

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Miami, AZ 30 August 1919 Son of Carl W. and Edna G. Stuke.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 13 January 1942 San Francisco, California

Died

East of Rouen, France 18 March 1944

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA 15 June 1949 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 18 March 1944 Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.
San Francisco, CA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3233 / MACR 3233, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Donald Joseph Stuke: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 57189 - 1Lt Donald Joseph Stuke. KIA 18 Mar 1944

Object number: UPL 57209 - 2nd Lt Donald J Stuke, 100BG.