Stanley Joseph Kania

Military
media-44538.jpeg UPL 44538 S/Sgt Stanley J.Kania, 384BG

USAAF Photo.

Object Number - UPL 44538 - S/Sgt Stanley J.Kania, 384BG

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Harry Neville crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Harry Walter Neville

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-758610
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Director of Materiel

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing combat flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

42-102449

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hale's Angels
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97150

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Queen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97592

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

43-38757

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peaslee's Payoff
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hamtramck, MI 27 April 1924 Son of John and Rose [Kubacka] Kania.

Other

Discharged USAAF

8 July 1944 Honourable discharge.

Other

Promotion

8 July 1944 Promoted to Staff Sergeant.

Died

Detroit, MI 11 January 1971

Buried

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, MI 14 January 1971 Mount Olivet Cemetery Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/46185987-stanley-kania
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5984
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157376410/stanley-joseph-kania

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https://www.fold3.com/record/46185987-stanley-kania
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5984
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157376410/stanley-joseph-kania

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

Stanley Joseph Kania: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 44538 - S/Sgt Stanley J.Kania, 384BG

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground in front of kneeling men.

Object number: UPL 67934 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 25 November 1944...

Object number: UPL 7358 - Harry Walter Neville Crew Standing L-R: Cecil B...