Gail Eugene Stubbs

Military

Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna, Austria in B-17 44-6353; Hit by flak, exploded mid-air 10-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8261

Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

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

People

William Thomas Hitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34196967
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

44-6353

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grainfield, KS 3 January 1919 Son of John James and Mary Katherine [Birrer] Stubbs.

Died

Vicinity of Vienna, Austria 10 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna, Austria in B-17 44-6353; Hit by flak, exploded mid-air 10-Sep-44. KIA MACR 8261

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 5 Grave 14

Based

Lucera 10 September 1944 Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Grainfield Cemetery, Grainfield, KS Memorialised Grainfield Cemetery Grainfield, Gove County, KS

Revisions

Date25 Apr 2019 11:38:47
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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