Norvell Stoudmire (1921 - 1944)

Born 1 Jan 1921 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Mar 1944 at age 23 in Italy

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Biography

2 Lt Norvell Stoudmire was Killed in Action during World War II.

Norvell Stoudmire is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 100th Fighter Squadron 1943-1944
Tuskegee Airman

Norvell Stoudmire was awarded the Purple Heart.

Norvell Stoudmire is Notable.

Norvell Stoudmire served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

Norvell was born in 1921 to Walter Stoudmirer and Martha Moore. He was one of seven children born to this couple. His father worked as a porter for an Automobile Company.^[1]. Norvell attended Sumner High School in St. Louis, graduating in June of 1938.^[2] He lived at home^[3] while attending Stowe Teachers College, graduating in 1941. He enlisted from Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis in 1942 and received his commission at the Tuskegee Institute in August of 1943. He departed for Italy in December of that same year.^[4] and was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group.

On March 31, 1944, Norvell was flying his P-39Q out of Capodichino, Italy on a harbor mission near Naples, Italy. His plane suddenly caught on fire. Norvell attempted to bail out, but his parachute caught on the plane, preventing him from escape.

2LT Norvell Stoudmire is buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHJP-8G1 : accessed 15 July 2020), Norvel Stoudmire in household of Walter Stoudmire, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 2B, line 83, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1239; FHL microfilm 2,340,974.
2. ↑ St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 12 Jun 1938, pg. 9.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HC-X61 : 24 December 2019), Nowell Stoudmire in household of Walter Stoudmire, Ward 22, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-550, sheet 9A, line 39, family 204, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2203.
4. ↑ St. Louis Dispatch, 24 Apr 1944, pg 13.
5. ↑ https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/stoudmire%3Dnorvell

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