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STEHNACH, Harry Rubinoff - Date of
birth
14 February 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
East Conemaugh, Cambria County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Conamaugh, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13023095 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
328th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 November 1943 - Place of
death
5357N-0514E
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Mike Stehnach (father)
Mary (Glowa) Stehnach (mother)
Michael Stehnach (brother)
John Stehnach (brother)
Samuel Stehnach (brother)
Paul Stehnach (brother)
Peter Stehnach (brother)
Nicholas Stehnach (brother)
Stephen Stehnach (brother)
Mary Stehnach (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-63988 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Birmingham Kritzkrieg
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 2180
More information
S/Sgt Harry R. Stehnach attended high school for four years and was a cook.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Washington, District of Columbia on 10 February 1941.
The airplane was shot down over the North Sea by a Fw 190A of JG11. The location of the crash is probably 5357N-0514E.
The entire crew of eleven men was killed and their remains were never recovered.
Only S/Sgt Stehnach is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. The other ten men are commemorated at the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com - John Dowdy, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: André Koch, Stichting Adoptiegraven Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten / Roger, Sue Fox Moyer