Joy Franzel Stacy

Military

Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Gross Muehlingen on 29-Jun-44 in B-17 43-37562. Prisoner of War (POW).

 

Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

Albert Gumuslauskas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37562

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

25 June 1922 25 Jun 1922Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA 

Enlisted

19 December 1942

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of war (POW)

29 June 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Other

Discharged

5 November 1945

Died

Fort Worth, Texas 28 August 1991 DiedFort Worth, Texas

Buried

Alpena Cemetery Alpena, Arkansas 31 August 1991 InterredAlpena CemeteryAlpena, Arkansas

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/547358909

https://www.fold3.com/image/29099966/29099989

https://www.fold3.com/record/72360302/joy-f-stacy-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/626557043/joy-stacy-1922-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14313605/joy-franzel-stacy

 

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added an association to the A/C #42-97562 listed in the "Summary biography" .
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6724