Stanley Clark Wells
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-37802. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395037.jpg?itok=qEsi3d2Q)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20708307 / O-798500
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
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- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Whittier, California | 26 August 1919 | Born Whittier, California |
Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California | 2 February 1942 | Enlisted Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea |
Buried/ Commemorated Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1390 / MACR 1390; Snetterton Falcons pg 81 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database