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Personal info

Full name
STANBERY, Howard Roy
Date of birth
29 July 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-739589
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
11 December 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd J. Stanbery (father)
Anna M. (Plummer) Stanbery (mother)
Margaret L. Stanbery (sister)
Richard S. Stanbery (brother)
Caroline M. Stanbery (sister)
Wade M. Stanbery (brother)
Sanford R. Stanbery (brother)
Williamena E. (Franz) Stanbery (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30182
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Blondie II
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 1562

More information

2nd Lt Howard R. Stanbery graduated from DeVilbiss High School and was a mechanic.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Cleveland, Ohio on 16 March 1942.

Statement from David E. Olsson, 1st Lt, Air Corps, Asst. Operations Officer:
"B-17 42-30182, piloted by 2nd Lt J.D. Moore, was last seen near the enemy coast, with No. 4 engine on fire. Six chutes were seen to leave the ship."

The airplane ditched off the coast of Langeoog. The entire crew of ten men was killed. Their remains were never recovered. Eight of them are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Two, Frank Abbadessa and Leonard Eaton, are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Fred Morris