Stephen E Parker Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On 16-February-1943 in B-24D 41-23818 'Texan II' while serving as Waist Gunner the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-24D 42-40354 'Snafu' 44BG/66BS just off the English coast at Selsey Bill, Sussex. Both aircraft exploded and crashed into the English Channel. Both crews were killed. Killed in Action (KIA).



Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for take off at Shipdham in 1943. A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23818) nicknamed "Bela" leads the lineup; one of her waist gunners is at his position. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 16 FEB 1943 General Section Press & Censorship Bureau' and 'Reviewed and Passed U.S. Army 16 Feb 1943 Press Officer No. 21 E.T.O.' Printed caption on reverse: '21-25. Liberator bombers taxi-ing up to take off for the start of an operational patrol at their
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Texan II - Bela - Miss Marcie Ann
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Selsey Bill, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex PO20, UK 16 February 1943 Killed when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-24 and exploded and crashed into the English Channel. His remains have never been recovered.

Born

Brockton, Massachusetts

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

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, AIrcraft 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; Combined data from a duplicate entry from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4697, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp.79, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p 32.