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Missing Air Crew Report 15484
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 19 Jan 1943
Stephen V. Medling.
Radio Operator · 328th Squadron · Of MO.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
T/Sgt. Stephen V. Medling, Jr. served as radio operator aboard B-24D "Double Trouble" on 19 January 1943.
Medling is listed as KIA on the revised MACR. He was among the crew members lost when the aircraft went down in the Mediterranean after being struck by flak and fighters.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Position
Radio Operator
Serial Number
17031048
Hometown
MO
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 19 Jan 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
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Date
Target
Aircraft
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19 Jan 1943
Sousse, Tunisia
“Double Trouble”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
North Africa American Cemetery
Read the records.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record