Larry Raymond Stokes

Military
media-57842.jpeg UPL 57842 Sommer crew. 385BG.

Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke.

Front : Paul Sommers, Henry Walker, Hugh McClatchey, Herb Brown.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 57842 - Sommer crew. 385BG. Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke. Front : Paul Sommers, Henry...

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 387A



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 8th Air Force.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Command
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793450
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5886 The jolly roger
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Harleyville, SC 23 November 1918 Son of Murdoch James and Rena Elese [Quattlebaum] Stokes.

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC 11 August 1942 Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 17 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Died

DeKalb County, GA 29 July 1952

Buried

Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, GA 8 August 1952 Marietta National Cemetery Georgia

Based

Great Ashfield 17 August 1943 Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 387A

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 387 A / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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