Stonewall Jackson Raley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21891.jpeg UPL 21891 2Lt. Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Raley

U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans

Object Number - UPL 21891 - 2Lt. Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Raley

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11199.



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-395681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O723367
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator (B17)

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Glasscock County, GA 28 November 1923 Son of Frank Allen Snr and Effie M [Hart] Raley.

Enlisted

Georgia, USA 17 October 1942 Georgia

Died

Frankleben, Germany 21 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. KIA MACR 11199.

Buried

Frankleben, Germany 22 November 1944 Interred Frankleben cemetery

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molesworth 21 November 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Donaldsville, GA

Buried

Friendship cemetery Donaldsville, GA Re-Interred Friendship cemetery Donaldsville, Georgia

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Information from John Innes Jenkins

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U.S. Applications for Military Veterans; TogetherWeServed.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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