Edgar Walter Stoelting

Military

Edgar Stoelting was Radio Operator on board B-17 #44-8352, hit by Flak, exploded and crashed in Hamelin-Pyrmont, 100km SW of Hannover, Germany on 31 December 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frank W Bruehl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-722826
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Arthur W Donovan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-773313
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

William J Gleason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805267
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Thomas J Heilman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15343959
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Lawrence

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36856047
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortres (serial number 44-8532) of the 100th Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator in Greenland. Image by William D "Bill" Pulliam, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '100 BG Greenland.'

44-8532

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

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  • Date: 31 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

8 August 1920 Muskogee, Oklahoma

Enlisted

3 May 1943 Baltimore, Maryland

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

31 December 1944 captured in Hamelin, Germany

Died

31 March 1972
Baltimore, Maryland

Buried

Edgar Stoelting rests at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 11235
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
2015 e-mail correspondence through son Edgar W. Stoelting II

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11235, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php