Val Floyd Stoddard

Military
media-50429.jpeg UPL 50429 S/Sgt Val Floyd Stoddard, 303BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50429 - S/Sgt Val Floyd Stoddard, 303BG

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Hartigan crew. Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29571 'Charley Horse'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1033





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

William Robert Hartigan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11065708 / O-797527
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29571) nicknamed "Charley Horse" return to base after a mission. A censor has obscured the nose guns on the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp] and 'Passed for publication 7 Spet 1943.' [stamp] and '282576.' [Censor no] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Associated Press Photographer has handwritten on reverse: 'Crew of "Charley Horse" fi

42-29571

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Charley Horse
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rexburg, ID 12 March 1924 Son of Floyd and Ruby Stoddard.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 9 November 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Baled out POW

20 October 1943 Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29571 'Charley Horse'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1033

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 20 October 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. later to Stalag XVb

Other

Discharged USAAF

6 October 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

Idaho Falls, ID 23 May 2010

Buried

Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Bannock County, ID 26 May 2010 Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28604903
https://www.fold3.com/image/608152604
https://www.fold3.com/image/218852988
https://www.fold3.com/record/85047088/val-f-stoddard-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/111379846/val-floyd-stoddard-social-securi…
https://www.fold3.com/record/624644205/val-stoddard-1924-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101608366/val-floyd-stoddard

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the 8th AF mission #116 for 20 Oct 1943.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1033 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 50429 - S/Sgt Val Floyd Stoddard, 303BG