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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Richard B Malone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765018
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Stanley M McKay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771086
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Gilbert Sousa

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31207901
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John Volpe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12154808
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

David B Whitlock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-426456
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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
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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