William Stefanik

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #437929



POW

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Angelo, Texas, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 4 August 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7712 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database