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Donald Michael STERNGLANZ
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1936 El Paso, Texas | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-725918 | ||||||
| AGE | 30 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12 January 1913 | ||||||
| ETAT | CALIFORNIA | ||||||
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| FONCTION | Navigator | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 10 Janury 1942 | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 323rd Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 91st Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Forces | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 1 May 1943 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Oven Bench - NO off Porspoder (29) | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24547 OR*P "Vertigo"
Macr: 3573 Mission: Underwater base attack of St-Nazaire (44) Takeoff station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire Shot by enemy hunters | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| STORY | |||||||
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Donald served as a Second Lieutenant & Navigator on B-17F #41-24547, 323rd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He resided in Los Angeles County, California prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 10, 1942 at March Field, Riverside, California. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shipping and receiving clerk and also as Single, without dependents. Donald was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked and set on fire by German aircraft and crashed into the Channel south of Brest, France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. | |||||||
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Source : Patootie |
Source : Frogman | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-25-BO - s/n 41-24547 OR*P"Vertigo"
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| First Lieutenant | Robert D | RAND | Pilot | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge | O-661867 - AM+1 - CALIFORNIA |
| Major | Maurice | ROSENER | CoPilot | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan | O-398509 - TEXAS | |
| Second Lieutenant | Donald STERNGLANZ | Navigator | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Normandy Am de Colleville | O-725918 - AM/PH - 30 ans - CALIFORNIA | |
| Sergeant | Clarence V. KING | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 1029310 - DFC/AM+3 - MAINE |
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| T/Sergeant | David B | HATCH | Radio | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 6146062 - MASSACHUSETTS |
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| S/Sergeant | Walter C | WAWRZYNEK | Bomber | Prisoner- Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | 16043311 - MICHIGAN |
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| S/Sergeant | James B | FARRAR | Gunner | Prisoner | 18049941 - NEVADA - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| S/Sergeant | Alvar B | PLATT | Gunner | Prisoner | 3902742 - CALIFORNIA - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| S/Sergeant | Thaddeus F. KUSOWSKI | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 16042107 - AM+2/PH+1 - MICHIGAN |
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| S/Sergeant | Richard E. SHUMARD | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 35275693 - DFC/AM+3/PH+1 - OHIO |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Alexia FLAMENT |
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| PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |