Steve Stefula
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24452 while serving as Tail Gunner. He was severely wounded in the fighter attack but managed to bale out and was captured. He was taken to a German hospital in Paris, France where he died of his wounds (DOW) on 17-Jan-1943.
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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 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O438025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Died of Wounds (DOW) |
17 January 1943 | Died of his wounds in a German hospital in Paris, France 17-Jan-1943. | |
Buried |
Dinozé, France | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 26, Grave 30. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added DOW event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.; added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC); made connections with Place and Mission within existing website data; MACR 16243 bases for entry.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16243 / MACR 16243, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database