Sternstein Ira J.

Name:

Ira J. Sternstein

Rank:

Flight Officer

Serial Number:

T-134524

Unit:

566th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1945-04-05

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot:

Section 34

Row:

Grave:

Site 3851

Decoration:

Comments:

Ira J. Sternstein was born on July 18, 1924, in Bronx County, New York. He was the son of Jerome Sternstein and Edith Sternstein.

Ira served in the 566th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Flight Officer and Navigator on the B-24M-10-FO Liberator #44-50747 during World War II.

Departing from RAF Hethel/AAF Station 114 in Norfolk, England, he was Killed in Action on April 5, 1945 aboard B-24 #44-50747. That day, the 389th BG was on a mission to hit the marshaling yards at Plauen, Germany. His plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire from a German ship off the coast of Holland (The Netherlands). It caused a fuel leak and the pilot radioed he would attempt a landing. The plane crashed between Brouwershaven and Zonnemaire, The Netherlands. All nine on board were killed.

F/O Sternstein is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA, in the same grave with two of his crewmates.

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