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Personal info

Full name
STEVENS, Sumner Worth "Red"
Date of birth
19 April 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine
Hometown
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-670285
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
22 December 1943
Place of death
In the vicinity of the Frisian Islands, North Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Clifton C. Stevens (father)
Marion (Hodgkins) Stevens (mother)
John Stuart Stevens (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28609
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2442

More information

2nd Lt Sumner W. Stevens graduated from Hebron Academy in 1940 and attended the University of Maine for 1 year. He worked in a garage.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1942 and was sent overseas on 11 November 1943

The airplane was shot down on the return flight at approximately 5:00 PM by Hauptmann Peter Jenne of JG 26/I, and exploded in midair.

Two crew members managed to bail out and were taken prisoner; eight were killed. Seven are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, Sgt Homer C. Risner is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Cambridge, England.

Source of information: Ed and Anita Tiebax, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, http://www.b24bestweb.com
Photo source: Ed and Anita Tiebax, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-1, San Angelo, Texas, Pilot Class Book 42-K, Stamford AFS, Arledge, Texas, www.findagrave.com - THR, Hebron Academy 1940