Robert L Stallings
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 20740 - 1st Lt Robert L Stallings 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Mechanical issues forced him to abort from mission 17-Jan-45, then bail out over the English Channel 30 miles east of Lowestoft. Air Sea Rescue unable to locate him. The following day, 12 A/C from Debden went up to search for him and located an upturned dinghy 33 miles east of Yarmouth, but no trace of Stallings was found.
KIA. MACR 11920.
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea in P-51 44-11339
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 September 1944 - 17 January 1945 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 17 January 1945 - 17 January 1945 | Mechanical issues forced him to abort from mission, then bail out over the English Channel 30 miles east of Lowestoft. ASR unable to locate him. The following day, 12 A/C from Debden went up to search for him and located an upturned dinghy 33 miles east of Yarmouth, but no trace of Stallings was found. KIA. MACR 11920. |
| Andrews, Indiana, USA | |||
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Buried |
Tablets of the missing. Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11920 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
