Military
Killed in Action (KIA). Injured in ac B-17 41-24549 'Stupen-Taket' September 11, 1942, and died of wounds on November 9, 1942 at 2040 hours, the first man to lose his life in combat with the 91st.
Awarded DFC posthumously
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17F-25-BO 41-24549 'Stupen Takit was assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bangor 10-Oct-42; Bassingbourn 11-Oct-42; Missing in Action (MIA) 14 missions over Hamm, Germany 4-Mar-43 The aircraft took a direct flak just after the target and exploded just minutes...
9 November 1942
The U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France are the target of this mission conducted by a combined force of 33 B-17s from 91BG and 306BG together with a combined force of 14 B-24s from 44BG and 93BG. The B-24 formation bombs from altitudes between 17,500 ft...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | California | |
| Killed in action | 11 September 1942 | |
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Died from his wounds on 9 Nov.1942 at 2040 hours, the first man to lose his life in combat with the 91st. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 August 2021 13:11:44 | acbernstein1 | Changes to biography, events and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / History of the 91st BG which shows him as a Lieutenant Bombardier, Combat Chronology Supplement p. 204 which shows him as a Sergeant pilot, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p, 494 |
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