Corporal Stanley C. Andrews 12044179 KIA NBD

Corporal Stanley C. Andrews 12044179, son of Thomas Andrews and Jessie Cook Andrews Woodbine of Elba, New York, was born in Oakfield June 26, 1923. While attending Elba Central School from which he was graduated in June, 1941, Stanley won State Future Farmers of America oratorical title, at State Fair, Syracuse. He represented the state in regional contests; worked on school publications staff; was class officer Freshman and Junior years; managed and played baseball; performed in Junior and Senior plays; always cherished ambition to “Join the Army Air Corps’ Stanley enlisted December 27, 1941 in Buffalo, at the age of 18. He trained at Jefferson Barracks, Las Vegas, MacDill and Barksdale Fields and was rated corporal-gunner. Mother’s Day 1942 his mother, sisters and brother visited Corporal Andrews at Barksdale, Louisiana. He was serving in the 66th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, at Barksdale Field, Louisiana, on B-24D #41-1117. On May 18th, 1942, on a routine training flight of anti-submarine patrol mission over the Gulf of Mexico, 19 year old Corporal Stanley Andrews and the crew were killed when an electric storm crashed the bomber against a tree. Besides his parents and stepfather, Arthur Woodbine, Stanley was survived by sisters Lucille and Charlotte and brother, Lester Andrews. He was awarded The Air Gunner Wing, the American theater of operations medal, and the World War Two Victory Medal.

Source:

1- Genesee County World War Two Gold Star Memorial Book – Gold Star Memorial Genesee County New York – 1953

2- http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaat.asp?theAT=B-24&offset=3675

3- http://www.8thairforce.com/44thbg/lundyroh.pdf