Stephen L Hegedus

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22991.jpeg UPL 22991 Non commissioned complement of the crew of B-24 41-24122 409BS, 93BG, 8AF head for their mission briefing.

L-R: S/Sgt Richard L Guess, T/Sgt Arch M Crump, S/Sgt James V Roberts, S/Sgt Ronald L Nelson, S/Sgt Stephen L Hegedus, S/Sgt. T J Kilmer.

Object Number - UPL 22991 - Non commissioned complement of the crew of B-24 41-24122 409BS, 93BG, 8AF head for their mission briefing. L-R: S/Sgt Richard L Guess, T/Sgt Arch...

Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 94, 78 -82 includes crew pictures 7, 126.



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Missouri Sue
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 16 April 1943

Born

Wisconsin

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing)

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Sources

ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p.94, 78 -82 includes crew pictures 7, 126. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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