Lloyd Donald Stoller
Military
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Object Number - UPL 22037 - Top Turret Gunner Lloyd Donald Stoller (courtesy of the Stoller family via Laura Edge, daughter of Engineer/Right Waist Gunner Lawrence Witt.)
Lloyd Stoller was a Top Turret Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34071991
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32740208
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11083341 and O-709308
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12099172 and O-818664
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35545269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 May 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Paulding County, Ohio, United States | 27 November 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Toledo, Ohio, United States | 30 January 1943 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW). |
12 May 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Moved to Stalag XIA in Altengrabow. Force-marched out of that camp, he is liberated at Bitterfeld, Germany, by US troops. | |
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Died |
Westerville, Ohio, United States | 22 May 2011 | |
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Buried |
Blue Creek Cemetery, Haviland, Ohio, United States |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5359 / MACR 5359; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 & 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
