On April 18, 2017, Bob Stephens received the following info in an e-mail with a request to enter it into the Memorial of James Stubblefield. "Ssgt Stubblefield was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 Bomber with the 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group.
Stubblefield's B-17 was on a bombing mission with 112 other bombers to a German airfield at Merignac France. After completing the mission their aircraft was attacted German Focke-Wulf 190s.
The impact from 20mm shells tore his aircraft in half. Stubblefield was able to bailout, but his parachute malfunctioned and he was killed.
11 B-17s were lost on this mission, 49 were damaged. 11 killed, 21 wounded 110 missing (some of the missing were later determined to be POW's.
Stubblefield's B-17 was on a bombing mission with 112 other bombers to a German airfield at Merignac France. After completing the mission their aircraft was attacted German Focke-Wulf 190s.
The impact from 20mm shells tore his aircraft in half. Stubblefield was able to bailout, but his parachute malfunctioned and he was killed.
11 B-17s were lost on this mission, 49 were damaged. 11 killed, 21 wounded 110 missing (some of the missing were later determined to be POW's.
On April 18, 2017, Bob Stephens received the following info in an e-mail with a request to enter it into the Memorial of James Stubblefield. "Ssgt Stubblefield was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 Bomber with the 331st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group.
Stubblefield's B-17 was on a bombing mission with 112 other bombers to a German airfield at Merignac France. After completing the mission their aircraft was attacted German Focke-Wulf 190s.
The impact from 20mm shells tore his aircraft in half. Stubblefield was able to bailout, but his parachute malfunctioned and he was killed.
11 B-17s were lost on this mission, 49 were damaged. 11 killed, 21 wounded 110 missing (some of the missing were later determined to be POW's.
Stubblefield's B-17 was on a bombing mission with 112 other bombers to a German airfield at Merignac France. After completing the mission their aircraft was attacted German Focke-Wulf 190s.
The impact from 20mm shells tore his aircraft in half. Stubblefield was able to bailout, but his parachute malfunctioned and he was killed.
11 B-17s were lost on this mission, 49 were damaged. 11 killed, 21 wounded 110 missing (some of the missing were later determined to be POW's.
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