World War II Honoree

Stanley Bryant Haas

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bethany, Missouri

Honored By

David Daily

Relationship

Nephew

B-17 RADIO OPERATOR, GUNNER IN THE 368TH BOMB SQUADRON, 306TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE, FLYING OUT OF THURLEIGH, ENGLAND IN 1944. FLEW AS A MEMBER OF THE CREW OF B-17G 42-37943 NAMED 'WEARY BONES'. FIRST MISSION WAS THE MARCH 1944 RAID TO BERLIN. FLEW 32 MISSIONS IN EUROPE, THEN RETURNED TO THE U.S. AND WAS SENT TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER WHERE HE FLEW AS A RADIO OPERATOR ON A C-46. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.