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Personal info

Full name
STIMMEL, Gerard Arnold
Date of birth
10 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
12120154
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
728th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
On the highway to Lauenbrück
2 km west of Vahlde, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 27 5

Immediate family

Members
Bernard Stimmel (father)
Fannie (Rose) Stimmel (mother)
Sylvia Stimmel (sister)
Abram Stimmel (brother)
Rosely Stimmel (sister)
Leonard Stimmel (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39972
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Our Buddy
Destination: Misburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 11233

More information

S/Sgt Gerard A. Stimmel was employed as a bellman at the Hotel Plymouth.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 20 July 1942.

The airplane was shot down by German fighters.

Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five men were killed.

S/Sgt Stimmel was initially buried at the cemetery of Rotenburg, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com