Name:
Otto W. Stokes
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-129466
Unit:
753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group (Heavy)
Date of Death:
1945-01-22
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
C
Row:
2
Grave:
73
Decoration:
Comments:
Otto W. Stokes entered military service in Wisconsin. He served in the 753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Flight Officer and Navigator on the B-24 #42-94811 “Tommy Thumper II” during World War II. He was Killed in Action during a training flight on January 22, 1945, in Old Catton, England. Attempting to return to the airfield, the four-motored bomber lost power and crashed just southeast of modern-day Norwich International Airport.
F/O Stokes is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov