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STUART, Gaines Randall - Date of
birth
19 September 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Lenoir, Loudon County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Morgan County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-825708 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
763rd Bombardment Squadron,
460th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 October 1944 - Place of
death
Graz, Austria
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 24 | 8 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clyde B. Stuart Sr. (father)
Alice (Ramsey) Stuart (mother)
Clyde B. Stuart Jr. (brother)
Margaret L. (Nash) Stuart (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-99798 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Ashean Charley
Destination: Graz, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 9303
More information
2nd Lt Gaines R. Stuart attended 2 years of college and was a sales manager with the Coca_cola Bottling Co. before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Birmingham, Alabama on 13 October 1942.1st Lt Walter C. Martin Jr.:
I was flying number five position of the lead box of the third attack unit when we went over the target at Graz, Austria. Lt Berry was flying #42-99798 in number seven position. Over the target the flak was intense and accurate. Just after the bombs were away, Lt Berry’s plane evidently suffered a direct hit as it exploded. I saw only the actual explosion as it was almost instantly out of my line of vision. My left waist gunner reported that the plane had disintegrated.
S/Sgt Roy F. Kragel:
He bailed out but parachute caught fire when he left plane.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Our Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Oct.44.html
Photo source: The Decatur Daily 20 March 1944