Richard Lewis Stiefvater

Military
media-45607.jpeg UPL 45607 P-51D 44-15276 'Batavia Blitz', with pilot Richard L Stiefvater and unidentified ground crewman.

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Object Number - UPL 45607 - P-51D 44-15276 'Batavia Blitz', with pilot Richard L Stiefvater and unidentified ground crewman.

Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Plane name was Batavia Blitz.





Awards: AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-15276

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Batavia Blitz
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Honington

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Batavia, New York 5 June 1921 Son of Augustus L and Grace E Stiefvater.

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 15 July 1942 Buffalo, New York

Died

West Palm Beach, FL 27 June 2003

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, NY 30 June 2003 Elmwood Cemetery Batavia, Genesee County, New York

Based

Honington Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26732728/richard-lewis-stiefvater

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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https://www.fold3.com/image/673090258
https://www.fold3.com/record/7160910-richard-l-stiefvater
https://www.fold3.com/record/83570215-richard-l-stiefvater
https://www.fold3.com/record/629211224-richard-stiefvater-1921
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26732728/richard-lewis-stiefvater

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

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