Stanley J Skira
Military
Submitted by nephew Colonel Robert G. Anisko (USA Ret.).
E-Mail: [email protected]
Object Number - UPL 7094 - 851st Bomb Squadron, Eye Airfield, UK
On 15 July 1941 T/SGT Stanley J. Skira enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Force. On 18 April 1944, T/SGT Skira arrived at Eye Airfield, UK, with the 851st Bomb Squadron.
On 12 July 1945, after the end of WW2, the 851st Bomb Squadron returned to the USA.
T/SGT Skira continued his military career with the US Air Force retiring on 27 June 1963.
On 28 March 1963, T/SGT Skira died of a heart attack. He is buried at the US National Cemetery in San Francisco, CA.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
15 July 1941 | ||
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Died |
28 March 1963 | ||
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Buried |
1 Lincoln Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA |
Revisions
Colonel Robert G. Anisko (USA Ret.), the nephew of T/SGT Skira, provided the biographical information.
E-Mail: [email protected]
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
