Rudolph Melvin Stohl
MilitaryAssigned to 457BS, 748BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 42-97067 'Georgia Peach. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18189010
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16026826
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12074491 / O-691781
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39555001
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19040503 / O-678952
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Georgia Peach, Black Puff Polly
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cowlitz County, WA, USA | 15 November 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out |
Mahndorf, 28307 Bremen, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 42-97067 'Georgia Peach. Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
King County, WA, USA | 13 April 2015 | |
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Based |
Glatton | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 457BS, 748BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
18600 SE 240th St, Kent, WA 98042, USA | Tahoma National Cemetery Kent King County Washington |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28629099
https://www.fold3.com/page/84995832-rudolph-m-stohl/facts
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157732760/rudolph-melvin-stohl
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145150354/rudolph-melvin-stohl
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ; www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Snames.html
MACR 5297 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database