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Submitted: 12/15/17 • Approved: 1/7/18 • Last Updated: 4/1/18 • R50232-G0-S3
In Memory of Harry L. Stokes
S Sgt US Army Air Corps
World War II
Jan. 22, 1921 * Sep. 27, 1943
Named 'Rebel's Revenge', shot down by the Me109G-6 of Unteroffizier Peter Reinhardt of 5./JG11, crashing into North Sea off Langeoog Island. Eight of the crew were killed, two were taken prisoner. The crew were : 2nd Lieutenant John M Perritt (Pilot - fate unknown), 2nd Lieutenant Eugene V Hill (Co-pilot - fate unknown), 2nd Lieutenant Frank O Rolfe (Navigator - fate unknown), 2nd Lieutenant Richard F Hull (Bombardier - fate unknown), Staff Sergeant William J Golden (Engineer - fate unknown), Technical Sergeant Harry L Stokes (Assistant Engineer - fate unknown), Technical Sergeant Edward J Fetty Jr (Radio Operator - fate unknown), Staff Sergeant James W Sample (Assistant Radio Operator - fate unknown), Staff Sergeant Raymond H Sell (Gunner - killed), Staff Sergeant Charles H Oliver (Gunner - fate unknown).
He is also among the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery.
Contributed on 12/15/17 by ceebee976
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