Harry L Sturla Jr
MilitaryShot down by flak and crashed at Ghedi on 7/12/44 in B-24 #44-40130, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ohio, USA | 6 December 1915 | |
Died |
La Grange, Illinois, USA | 12 April 1976 | (aged 60) |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 July 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Buried |
Elmhurst, Illinois, USA | Mount Emblem Cemetery |
Revisions
Added Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 186696812.
Updated role and rank per info merged from Duplicate person who has been deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person who was then deleted.
MACR 7563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database