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Personal info

Full name
WEBB, Stafford Wilbur
Date of birth
6 August 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-791358
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 48

Immediate family

Members
Stafford R. Webb (father)
Jessie (Johnstone) Webb (mother)
Margaret J. Webb (sister)
George Webb (brother)
Gertrude E. (Grimes) Webb (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30726
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing plant
MACR: 846

More information

1st Lt Stafford W. Webb graduated from Greensboro Senior High School in 1936. He was on the staff of the New York Public Library when he enlisted in September 1941. He received his pilot's wings and his commission as a second lieutenant in August 1942. He was promoted to first lieutenant in March 1943. In May 1943, he was sent to England.

He was awarded the Air Medal a first time in July 1943 for "exceptionally meritorious achievement" during bombing raids over Europe and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second award in October 1943.

This was his 17th mission.

On leaving the target, the airplane was attacked by a German firgher and exploded in the air.

2nd Lt Harry C. McIntosh:
He did not bail out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Moore and Webb Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / M Bligh Kumar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – M Bligh Kumar / Tom Reece