Serviceman
Stanley W Szteliga
840thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 11096629
- Rank
- Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (17 December 1943), SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), SSGT (10 July 1944), Sgt. (30 July 1944), SSGT (20 October 1944)
- Hometown
- TAUNTON MA; Taunton MA; Teunton MA
- Also written
- Stanley Szteliga
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | SGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1603 | SSGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1606 | SSGT |
| 10 July 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 1744 | SSGT |
| 20 October 1944 | Air Medal, 4th oak leaf cluster | 4054 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 7107 · 42-32010 · 30 July 1944 · mission 59, 30 July 1944
Morning reports
5 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Bernard B Fletcher
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Bernard B Fletcher
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Set Bernard B Fletcher
- 1943-12-17 HQ: Above 3 EM fr sk hosp to dy.
- 1944-09-05 840th: s/set
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 129, roll 458053820 p. 195, roll 458053820 p. 270, roll 458053820 p. 297, roll 570165454 p. 2619
Statements, mentions and histories
- 16 more statements from MACR 7107 are on the loss record.
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