Military
2Lt Jack Stacker 55th FG KIA
Wingman 38th FS 55th FG.
KIA on 4th mission Nov. 14, 1943 near Klein-Minnelag, Germany.
P-38H #42-67059, MACR #1438.
Best friend of Col Bud Anderson 357th FG ace.
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 357th Fighter Group
Clarence "Bud" Anderson enlisted shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. He earned his pilots wing in September 1942 and joined the 357th Fighter Group a year later. In late 1943, Anderson and the 357th arrived in Europe, where they quickly...
Group
The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...
Squadron
P-38 Lightning
P-38H-5-LO 42-67059 was assigned to the 55FG/338FS at Nuthampstead, UK. On 13-Nov-43 the aircraft, piloted by 2LT John A. Stacker, was despatched with others from the 55FG to provide escort to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. The filight...
13 November 1943
This mission is composed of two fighter elements. The first element is a force of 45 P-38s from 55FG despatched to escort the B-17 formations attacking at Bremen, Germany. 7 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 4KIA 3POW. 2 are Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR)...
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Klein Mimmelage, 49637 Menslage, Germany | 13 November 1943 |
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Killed when he and his aircraft were shot down near Klein-Mimmelage, Germany while on a mission escorting B-17s attacking at Bremen, Germany |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
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Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 16, Grave 21. |
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| 17 March 2022 21:46:37 | fugari | Changes to role |
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corrected removed mos |
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| 11 February 2022 21:06:42 | jmoore43 | Changes to role |
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Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field. |
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| 09 December 2020 21:09:06 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and events |
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Corrected 2 typos in the event description section. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 September 2017 07:11:51 | fugari | Changes to biography |
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JCook Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 August 2017 03:22:19 | fugari | Changes to nickname, role, biography, awards and media associations |
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JCook Photo collection & Archives |
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| 21 October 2015 15:54:26 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from : |
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| 14 July 2015 23:26:16 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to biography, awards, events, place associations and mission associations |
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Lee Cunningham 14-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Burial event per American Battele Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added KIA event per MACR 1438; Added Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:38 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 1438 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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