Stanley David Duffield, was killed on the U.S. 8th Air Force bombing raid on Berlin May 19, 1944, "Two groups of B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching their target on different levels when a plane from the lower group suddenly swerved underneath the bomb bay of an upper-group plane precisely at the moment bombs were being release. Without exploding, one bomb sheared off half of the lower plane's tail. No parachutes were seen to open as the big ship plunged toward the earth."--AP Wire Stanley Duffield was the bombardier on this plane, which was destroyed by the "bomb from above." All of the crew was listed as "missing and presumed dead."
Eleven airmen killed in action:
1LT Marion U. Reid, Pilot
2LT Lewis T Carter, Co-pilot
2LT Roger F. Tessier, Navigator
2LT Stanley D. Duffield, Bombardier
SSGT John F. Boone, Radio Operator
SSGT Ludwig H.Huth, Ball turret gunner
SSGT James A. Kalahar, Waist gunner
SSGT Richard E. Brennan, Waist gunner
SSGT Willard Christensen, Tail gunner
TSGT Lee Z. Kieffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
TSGT John B. Davis, Observer
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Contributor: November Skies (47303211)
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Stanley David Duffield, was killed on the U.S. 8th Air Force bombing raid on Berlin May 19, 1944, "Two groups of B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching their target on different levels when a plane from the lower group suddenly swerved underneath the bomb bay of an upper-group plane precisely at the moment bombs were being release. Without exploding, one bomb sheared off half of the lower plane's tail. No parachutes were seen to open as the big ship plunged toward the earth."--AP Wire Stanley Duffield was the bombardier on this plane, which was destroyed by the "bomb from above." All of the crew was listed as "missing and presumed dead."
Eleven airmen killed in action:
1LT Marion U. Reid, Pilot
2LT Lewis T Carter, Co-pilot
2LT Roger F. Tessier, Navigator
2LT Stanley D. Duffield, Bombardier
SSGT John F. Boone, Radio Operator
SSGT Ludwig H.Huth, Ball turret gunner
SSGT James A. Kalahar, Waist gunner
SSGT Richard E. Brennan, Waist gunner
SSGT Willard Christensen, Tail gunner
TSGT Lee Z. Kieffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
TSGT John B. Davis, Observer
Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*
Contributor: November Skies (47303211)
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