8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Samuel Orzelle Stamps
Military
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Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME
Service
Units served with
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27th Air Transport Group
Group
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56th Fighter Group
Group
Flying P-47 Thunderbolts throughout their time stationed in England, the Group, known as "the Wolfpack", had more ace pilots than any other Eighth Air Force Fighter Group. The 56th Fighter Group also destroyed more enemy aircraft in air combat than any... -
63rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-22762 Tinkle
P-47 Thunderbolt
To 366 FG 9th AF -
42-26059 'Quaker Schlemeil'
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to Lt Walter Frederick 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF who filed claim on 4 July 1944 for 1 downed plane. Lt. Frederick was reposted soon after to Pacific Theater. Transferred as War Weary was a two seater to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 4FG...
Associated Place
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Boxted
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Boaz, AL | 9 April 1916 |
| Enlisted | 23 September 1942 | |
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Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Based | Boxted | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 9 February 1991 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 September 2021 20:18:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/51740912/samuel-o-stamps-social-security-de... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 July 2018 11:01:00 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to role, events and aircraft associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:25:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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