Stewart Benjamin Boerner

Military
media-49453.jpeg UPL 49453 Stewart Benjamin Boerner
Pilot
416th BG - 670th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 49453 - Stewart Benjamin Boerner Pilot 416th BG - 670th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Miss Mildred
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: For Pete's Sake
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Maryland Mary
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, PA 30 December 1922
Roslyn, PA 30 June 1942 Susquehanna Avenue Worked for Brewster Aeronautical Corp.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 5 June 1943

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Dillenburg, Germany 10 March 1945

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Stod, Czech Republic 3 May 1945 Flew 24 combat missions before hostilities ended

Died

Hatboro, PA 29 October 2017 Stewart B. “Stew” Boerner Jr., a resident of Hatboro, Pa., died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. He was 94. He was the beloved husband of Doris (McFarland) Boerner. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, David Boerner and Lynda Koopman, and by three grandsons, Evan, Travis, and Aaron. He is also survived by his brother, Edwin Boerner of Roslyn, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Stew served his country as a Flight Officer in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Returning home after the war, he graduated from Lehigh University in 1950 with a degree in Engineering. He then went on to become a Metallurgical Engineer, retiring in 1985 from SPS (Standard Pressed Steel) in Jenkintown. Stew was a longtime member of the Abington Presbyterian Church, where he took part in Bible study. He enjoyed traveling, camping, sailing, woodworking, exercising, model building, and eating. His memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at Helweg & Rowland Funeral Home, 1059 Old York Road, Abington, where friends will be received from 2 p.m. until the time of the service. Interment in Whitemarsh Memorial Park will be private. The Intelligencer

Buried

Ambler, PA 2 November 2017 Whitemarsh Memorial Park Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

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