Pilot 1st/Lt. William F. Stein KIA DFC
Home: Union City, Connecticut.
Service ID: O-792650.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target: Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23711
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: B
Aircraft Name: JERKS NATURAL
Location: Brandlucken (Austria)
Cause: Crew of 10 9KIA 1POW
William F. Stein's crew's remains were eventually discovered by the Army in a village cemetery. Stein and his men were identified, placed in a single casket, and returned to the U.S. On March 13, 1950, the families gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, to bury their sons, even though their doubts and hopes never
entirely died.
William W. Sykes parachuted into Heilbrunn, a tiny village tucked into the mountains north of the old fortress city of Graz, in southeast Austria. He was taken to the Heilbrunn inn. Austrian farmers showed him watches taken from the bodies. Nazis tokk him away for 19 months of captivity. Sykes died July 26, 1993 in his Florida home.
Crew of JERKS NATURAL
1st/Lt. William F. Stein Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. George B. Wilkinson, Jr Co Pilot KIA
Lt. William W. Sykes Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. John M. McDonough Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Jack W. Kasparian Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William A. Staats, Jr Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. Larry H. White Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Philip G. Bedwell Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester J. Eby Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Adrian H. Smit Gunner KIA
Home: Union City, Connecticut.
Service ID: O-792650.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target: Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23711
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: B
Aircraft Name: JERKS NATURAL
Location: Brandlucken (Austria)
Cause: Crew of 10 9KIA 1POW
William F. Stein's crew's remains were eventually discovered by the Army in a village cemetery. Stein and his men were identified, placed in a single casket, and returned to the U.S. On March 13, 1950, the families gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, to bury their sons, even though their doubts and hopes never
entirely died.
William W. Sykes parachuted into Heilbrunn, a tiny village tucked into the mountains north of the old fortress city of Graz, in southeast Austria. He was taken to the Heilbrunn inn. Austrian farmers showed him watches taken from the bodies. Nazis tokk him away for 19 months of captivity. Sykes died July 26, 1993 in his Florida home.
Crew of JERKS NATURAL
1st/Lt. William F. Stein Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. George B. Wilkinson, Jr Co Pilot KIA
Lt. William W. Sykes Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. John M. McDonough Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Jack W. Kasparian Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William A. Staats, Jr Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. Larry H. White Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Philip G. Bedwell Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester J. Eby Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Adrian H. Smit Gunner KIA
Pilot 1st/Lt. William F. Stein KIA DFC
Home: Union City, Connecticut.
Service ID: O-792650.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target: Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23711
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: B
Aircraft Name: JERKS NATURAL
Location: Brandlucken (Austria)
Cause: Crew of 10 9KIA 1POW
William F. Stein's crew's remains were eventually discovered by the Army in a village cemetery. Stein and his men were identified, placed in a single casket, and returned to the U.S. On March 13, 1950, the families gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, to bury their sons, even though their doubts and hopes never
entirely died.
William W. Sykes parachuted into Heilbrunn, a tiny village tucked into the mountains north of the old fortress city of Graz, in southeast Austria. He was taken to the Heilbrunn inn. Austrian farmers showed him watches taken from the bodies. Nazis tokk him away for 19 months of captivity. Sykes died July 26, 1993 in his Florida home.
Crew of JERKS NATURAL
1st/Lt. William F. Stein Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. George B. Wilkinson, Jr Co Pilot KIA
Lt. William W. Sykes Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. John M. McDonough Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Jack W. Kasparian Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William A. Staats, Jr Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. Larry H. White Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Philip G. Bedwell Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester J. Eby Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Adrian H. Smit Gunner KIA
Home: Union City, Connecticut.
Service ID: O-792650.
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target: Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 41-23711
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: B
Aircraft Name: JERKS NATURAL
Location: Brandlucken (Austria)
Cause: Crew of 10 9KIA 1POW
William F. Stein's crew's remains were eventually discovered by the Army in a village cemetery. Stein and his men were identified, placed in a single casket, and returned to the U.S. On March 13, 1950, the families gathered at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, to bury their sons, even though their doubts and hopes never
entirely died.
William W. Sykes parachuted into Heilbrunn, a tiny village tucked into the mountains north of the old fortress city of Graz, in southeast Austria. He was taken to the Heilbrunn inn. Austrian farmers showed him watches taken from the bodies. Nazis tokk him away for 19 months of captivity. Sykes died July 26, 1993 in his Florida home.
Crew of JERKS NATURAL
1st/Lt. William F. Stein Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. George B. Wilkinson, Jr Co Pilot KIA
Lt. William W. Sykes Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. John M. McDonough Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Jack W. Kasparian Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William A. Staats, Jr Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. Larry H. White Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Philip G. Bedwell Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Lester J. Eby Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Adrian H. Smit Gunner KIA
Inscription
1LT, 328 AAF BOMB SQ, 93 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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