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Personal info

Full name
STOFFEL, Glenn Curtis
Date of birth
17 October 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17108124
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Assistant Engineer/Right Waist Gunner
Unit
506th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 December 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Willemshaven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

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

A graduate of Robbinsdale high school, S/Sgt Stoffel entered the service in the summer of 1942 and went overseas in August.

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