Jack W Stead
MilitaryShot down 27 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31477. Spent 6 weeks with French Resistance. Crossed the Pyrenees into Spain on June 6,1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Escaped and Evaded |
27 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Jack Stead’s autobiographical account:
http://www.ksanti.net/warstory/index.html
Jack Stead’s autobiographical account:
http://www.ksanti.net/warstory/index.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4294 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database