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Rae A. Stokes |
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Rae A. Stokes |
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LT. RAE STOKES Aviation Cadet Rae A. Stokes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berlie M. Stokes, 2737 South Slope Terrace, today was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, after completing bombardier training at the Carlsbad Army Air Field, NM. Lieutenant Stokes now becomes one of the Army Air Forces new "triple-threat men"--airmen who have completed instruction in dead-reckoning navigation and aerial gunnery, in addition to the regular bombardiering course. As an officer in the Army Air Forces ready for active duty, his destination is not disclosed. |
| Lt. Rae Stokes Now in England |
| Lieutenant Rae A.
Stokes, bombardier in the Army Air Forces, has arrived in England,
according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Stokes,
South Slope Terrace. He entered the service on April 2, 1943 and
received his wings and commission as Second Lieutenant at Carlsbad, New
Mexico on February 5, 1944.
His brother, Sergeant Morris E. Stokes, is serving in England with an anti-aircraft unit. |
| Wins Air Medal | |
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LT. RAE STOKES AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England—The Air Medal has been awarded to Second Lieutenant Rae A. Stokes, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berlie M. Stokes, 2737 South Slope Terrace, for "courage coolness, and skill," while participating in heavy bombardment missions in the air offensive against the enemy over Continental Europe. Lieutenant Stokes is a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber and a member of Eighth Air Force Liberator Group commanded by Colonel Frank P. Bostrom of Bangor, Maine. His squadron is a unit of the Third Bombardment Division cited by the President for its now historic England-Africa shuttle-bombing of Messerschmitt aircraft plants at Regensburg, Germany last summer. Lieutenant Stokes entered the service in April 1943 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Corps, after completing bombardier training at the Carlsbad Army Air Field, NM on February 5, 1944. He went overseas in May of this year. His brother, Sergeant Morris Stokes, is now in France with an anti-aircraft unit |
| Report Bombardier Missing in Action | |
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LT. RAE A. STOKES Lieutenant Rae A. Stokes, 19, bombardier on a B-24 Liberator, was reported missing in action over Germany on September 13, in a telegram received from the War Department, Wednesday, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Stokes, 2737 South Slope Terrace. Lieutenant Stokes recently was awarded the Air Medal for "courage, coolness, and skill," while participating in heavy bombardment missions in the air offensive against the enemy over Continental Europe. His squadron was a unit of the Third Bombardment Division, cited for its England-Africa shuttle-bombing of Messerschmitt aircraft plants at Regensburg, Germany last summer. Lieutenant Stokes entered the service in April 1943 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Air Corps, after completing bombardier training at the Carlsbad Air Field, NM on February 5, 1944. He went overseas in May of this year. His brother, Sergeant Morris Stokes, is now in France with an anti-aircraft unit. |
| Lt. Rae A Stokes, Reported Missing, Prisoner in Reich | |
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Lieutenant Rae A. Stokes, 19, recently reported missing
in action over Germany, is a prisoner of war of the German government,
the War Department, yesterday, informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Stokes, 2737 South Slope Terrace.
Lieutenant Stokes, a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator, was reported missing on September 13, in a message received here on November 2. The War Department message said news of his capture in Germany had been learned through the International Red Cross. |
