Stephen Harvey Lindley Jr
Military91st BG. VIII BC
... that is Lt, Bartons crew the crew called Chief Sly and Sgt Marshall B Haugen is top left Sgt Haugen and I went to radio school and gunnery school tgether and this is the 322nd Bomb Squadron
Bruce D. Barton, Pilot (leaning with elbow on the plane.
Sitting in the door of the Jeep - Lester B. Snook, Waist Gunner
updated Bio with info from http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/chief_sly2.html
Assigned to 332BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Bruce Barton crew. 25 x combat missions. Crash landed in B-17 41-24439 'Chief Sky' on return from target Romily-sur-Seine 20-Dec-42. Crew escaped injury in landing. RTD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14049756 / O-437941
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
20 May 1921 | Son of Stephen Harvey Sr and Gladys [Pederson] Lindley. | |
Enlisted |
Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX | 6 January 1942 | Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas |
Other Commissioned |
4 July 1942 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
8 December 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Breckenridge, TX | 17 July 2004 | |
Buried |
Breckenridge Cemetery Breckenridge, Stephens County, TX | 20 July 2004 | Breckenridge Cemetery Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas |
Based |
Bassingbourn | Assigned to 332BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/32147268
https://www.fold3.com/image/144748108
https://www.fold3.com/record/61121755/stephen-h-lindley-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84782119/stephen-h-lindley-jr-wwii-army-en…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626557573/stephen-lindley-1921-veterans-af…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11183278/stephen-harvey-lindley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop and Hey p. 55, Plane Names and Fancy Noses : The 91st BG by Bowden pp.49-51 pictures and accident account