Thornton W Stark
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
27 September 1943 | Crash landed at Chipping Ongar Sept. 27, 1943 returning from mission to Beauvais/ Tille airfield in B26 41-31666 'Wuneach Airplane'. AC was hit by flak over target then attacked by flak before the coast setting the bomb bay on fire. 1 Prisoner of War (POW), 5 RTD. | |
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Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
25 February 1944 | Entry from http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2011.htm: "Co-Pilot Thorton W. Stark (Thornton) is listed as MIA February 25th 1944, as his plane was shot down by enemy fighters off Dutch Coast (41-31648 "La Diabla" KX-L MACR #2331). ABMC writes Thornton; but WWII Registry by note from relative says Thorton." | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I. by Bishop & Hey p. 294
Further details from:
- http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2011.htm;
- http://www.abmc.gov/node/542903#.VtbfCuJDyVo
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide