James B Stauder
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 25 November 1944. Operational mission with target described on MACR 10815 as 'Bingen and return'. Crashed into North Sea in P-51 #4414439 approx. 6 miles north-east of Lowestoft. Stauder's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
Lowestoft, UK | 25 November 1944 | |
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Born |
New Mexico |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list /
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294628/james-b.-stauder
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia