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Vernon O. Staub served as a pilot with the 387th Bomb Group.
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's pilot. 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with aircraft. Crew baled out. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11465.
Awards: PH.
Group
The 387th Bomb Group flew just under thirty missions with the Eighth Air Force before being transferred to the Ninth Air Force in October 1943. The Group remained at Chipping Ongar, Essex after being reassigned and continued to hit targets in France....
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. 149 x combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's, pilot 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with A/C. Crew baled out. 6 x...
23 December 1944
Military site : airfield
The air base was constructed by the 831st Engineer Battalion (Aviation) in late August 1942. The 387th Bomb Group were the only American group to be based there, flying B-26 Marauders in strategic missions over France, first for the Eighth and then for...
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Shiloh, IL, USA | 28 October 1921 |
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Son of Alfred J Staub. |
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| Lived in | Pittsburg, TX 75686, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | St Clair County, MI, USA | 11 August 1942 |
| Based | Chipping Ongar | 1944 – 18 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 559BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Vicinity Daleiden, Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Bastogne. Shot down by Me109's pilot 2Lt Vernon O Staub hit in face by 20mm cannon shell and killed instantly, went down with A/C. Crew baled out. KIA. MACR 11465. |
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| Buried | Germany | 24 December 1944 |
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Interred |
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| Buried | Shiloh, IL, USA | 1948 |
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Shiloh Valley Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 February 2017 13:21:50 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/320615172/?terms=Vernon%20O%20Staub |
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