Stephen Harvey Lindley Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 56258 - 1s Lt Stephen H Lindley, 91BG.
Assigned to 332BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Bruce Barton crew. 25 x combat missions. Crash landed in B-17 41-24439 'Chief Sky' on return from target Romily-sur-Seine 20-Dec-42. Crew escaped injury in landing. RTD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14049756 / O-437941
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 May 1921 | Son of Stephen Harvey Sr and Gladys [Pederson] Lindley. | |
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Enlisted |
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX | 6 January 1942 | Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas |
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Other Commissioned |
4 July 1942 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
8 December 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Breckenridge, TX | 17 July 2004 | |
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Buried |
Breckenridge Cemetery Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | 20 July 2004 | Breckenridge Cemetery Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | Assigned to 332BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11183278/stephen-harvey-lindley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop and Hey p. 55, Plane Names and Fancy Noses : The 91st BG by Bowden pp.49-51 pictures and accident account
