Stanley Finch
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Finch was shot down on a mission to attack airfields near Cologne on 10-Nov-44. His aircraft B-17 42-31830 "Marie" received two direct flak hits, which blew off the number 3 engine, right wheel and wing, and then fell out of formation in a steep dive. Finch survived the crash, and was taken Prisoner of War. MACR 10355
Finch was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster on 17-Apr-43.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Bedford, Massachusetts | 25 November 1914 | Born New Bedford, Massachusetts |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 6 January 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Based |
Molesworth | 1 January 1943 - 10 November 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 November 1944 - 6 June 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
26 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
16 September 1969 |
Revisions
Added the award (Air Medal) mentioned in the "Summary biography" section.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp information to the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10355, Roster