Alexander Coxe Stokes

Military
media-13218.jpeg UPL 13218 Boeing B-17 42-31662 SC-B 'Fancy Nancy IV' and crew. 612th BS 401st BG, 8th AF , Deenethorpe, Eng.

LT. Alexander Coxe Stokes (Philadelphia, PA) is on left beneath the engine.

L-R: Lt Alexander C Stokes, Lt Eugene F Lott, Lt Donald V McCallum, Capt Scribner C Dailey.

Object Number - UPL 13218 - Boeing B-17 42-31662 SC-B 'Fancy Nancy IV' and crew. 612th BS 401st BG, 8th AF , Deenethorpe, Eng. LT. Alexander Coxe Stokes (Philadelphia, PA) is...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD



Bremen mission; B-17 42-37838 'Fancy Nancy' 26-Nov-43; mid-air collision with B-17 42-30317, skilled piloting by Lt Dailey, led to the return of A/C and all but one crew member. RTD



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: Front row: M/Sgt Victor Magnuson (C/C), Sgt William Hemmila (Asst). Back row: Cpl Howard McKinney, Scribner Daily (P), Sgt Herbert Westentaf.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13052760 / O-801490
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chester County, PA 9 October 1919 Son of William Stanley and Ruth B [Coxe] Stokes.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 17 February 1941

Died

Delray Beach, FL 15 September 1997

Buried

Old Saint David Church Cemetery, Wayne, PA 20 September 1997 Old Saint David Church Cemetery Wayne, Delaware County, PA

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Losses of Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 389

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