Stephen Albert Payer Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 44329 - Sgt Stephen A. Payer
Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Charles Todd crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 5-Dec-44 in B-17 42-39947 'Chiquita'; flak crashed Prenden. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11040
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771838
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chiquita
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
McAdoo, Pennsylvania, USA | 8 March 1925 | Son of Stephen Albert Sr and Anna [Matsko] Payer. |
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Enlisted |
Allentown, PA | 26 July 1943 | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Prenden, Germany | 5 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 5-Dec-44 in B-17 42-39947 'Chiquita'; flak crashed Prenden. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11040 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chelveston | 5 December 1944 | Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 7 Grave 31 | |
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Buried |
Saint Michael's Byzantine Church Cemetery, McAdoo, Schuylkill County, PA | Memorialised Saint Michael's Byzantine Church Cemetery McAdoo, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11040 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
