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STOFFEL, Glenn Curtis - Date of
birth
17 October 1920 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17108124 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Assistant Engineer/Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
506th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Claude P. Stoffel (father)
Sophie (Kallush) Stoffel (mother)
Grace E. Stoffel (sister)
Elsie R. Stoffel (sister)
Clyde A. Stoffel (brother)
Marion A. Stoffel (sister)
Dwight W. Stoffel (brother)
Robert K. Stoffel (brother)
Leona H. Stoffel (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-7630 -
Data
Type: B-24
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombardment
MACR: 1712
More information
S/Sgt Stoffel graduated from Robbinsdale High School,The effective force was 19 ships. The bomb run was visual and the results were good. Again, the enemy threw up plenty of flak and eight of the group's aircraft received battle damage. Estimates of 50 to 75 enemy aircraft made attacks on our formation by taking advantage of the condensation trails that our planes were leaving behind. One aircraft 42-7630 flown by 1st Lt William Maynor, did not return.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.44thbombgroup.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Nelson Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star, www.ancestry.com - Robbinsdale High School Yearbook 1938