Stephen T Moleck

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media-40476.png UPL 40476 Sgt Stephen j Moleck, was a Waistgunner on B24J 42-109812 "Yokum Boy" 752nd Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group who shot down by flak December 24, 1944 at St-Vith Belgium...

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Object Number - UPL 40476 - Sgt Stephen j Moleck, was a Waistgunner on B24J 42-109812 "Yokum Boy" 752nd Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group who shot down by flak December 24, 1944 at...

Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schonecken in B-24 42-109812, hit by flak crashed St Vith. Killed in Action (KIA) 24-Dec-44 MACR 11121.



Awards: AM(2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Raymond S Ash

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William R Beckley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0716904
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Marion Edward Funderburk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34649689
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles A Giesen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764647
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donald Joseph McNeely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712868
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-109812

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Keisterville, Pennsylvania, USA 30 August 1925 Son of Stephen Moleck.

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL, USA 15 September 1943 Miami Beach, Florida

Died

St Vith, Belgium 24 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schonecken in B-24 42-109812, hit by flak crashed St Vith. Killed in Action (KIA) 24-Dec-44 MACR 11121.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Horsham St Faith 24 December 1944 Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Saint Mary's Nativity Roman Catholic Cemetery Uniontown, Fayette County, PA Saint Mary's Nativity Roman Catholic Cemetery Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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https://www.458bg.com/crewbj72ashgiesen.htm

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11121 / MACR 11121 & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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