Raymond C Stephens
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 16-February-1943 in B-24D 41-23818 'Texan II' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-24D 42-40354 "Snafu" 44BG/66BS just of the English coast at Selsey Bill, Sussex en-route to the target at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft exploded and the crews of both aircraft were hilled. Killed in Action (KIA). .
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Texan II - Bela - Miss Marcie Ann
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lakeview, Texas, USA | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-24, just off the English coast en-route to St. Nazaire, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 22-Feb-2015. Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 4697; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4697 & 3302 A / MACR 4697, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 61-62, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p. 32., ABMC web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database