Stuart Bernard Mendelsohn

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 51047 - Duke of Paducah (42-37736) Mendelsohn's Crew, 324th BS, 91st BG BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/S/Sgt. Larry Hull, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. Donald...

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. After his pilot Lt Harold R Christensen was fatally incapacitated returning battle damaged from Schweinfurt in B-17 42-29741, Mendelsohn brought the ship and crew back to crash land at RAF Tangmere 14-Oct-43. 28 x missions. Shot down 31-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29895 'Black Swan'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1975.

Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17065567 / O-738094
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19122414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750185
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35488672
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6569055
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Corn State Terror
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Black Swan
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Duke of Paducah" of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duke of Paducah
  • Unit: 324th Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Rickenbacker International Airport, Bldg 875, 7370 Minuteman Way, Lockbourne, OH 43137, USA 4 April 1942 Lockbourne AAF Columbus Ohio

Other

Forced landed

Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, Chichester PO20 2ES, UK 14 October 1943 After his pilot Lt Harold R Christensen was fatally incapacitated returning battle damaged from Schweinfurt in B-17 42-29741 Mendolsohn brought the ship and crew back to crash land at RAF Tangmere 14-Oct-43.

Died

Bordeaux, France 31 December 1943 Shot down 31-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29895 'Black Swan'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1975.

Born

Cleveland, OH, USA Son of Louis Mendelsohn

Based

Bassingbourn 31 December 1943 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Flight training

Sikeston AAF, MO 63801, USA Primary - Sikeston AAF, MO

Other

Flight training

Waco, TX, USA Basic - Waco AAF, TX

Other

Flight training

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, 5401 N Martin L King Blvd, Lubbock, TX 79403, USA Advanced - Lubbock AAF, TX

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, France

Revisions

Date14 Dec 2022 22:23:57
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to A/C #42-37736  per the list in the A/C description section.

 

Date14 Dec 2022 22:01:04
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #115 for 10/14/1943 per info in the "Summary biography".

 

Date6 Nov 2020 23:58:33
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date4 Oct 2018 13:31:51
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1975

Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:29
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1975 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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