Donald G. Stubbs, First Lt. (1944)

KIRKPATRICK, STUBBS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/18/2015 at 10:25:57

Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, July 26, 1945

Lt. Stubbs Killed In Action In November

Had Been Reported Missing in Italy Since That Date

First Lt. Donald G. Stubbs, who has been listed as missing in action since last November 12, was killed in action on that date, according to a message from the war department received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Stubbs, who lived in Mason City until last April, when they moved to Forest City.

The message stated that unavoidable circumstances had made necessary the unusual lapse of time in reporting the lieutenant’s death and that a confirming letter would follow.

The Stubbs had heard indirectly from a returned soldier of the 15th air force that the B-24 Lt. Stubbs was piloting had received a direct hit over Brenner pass in northern Italy and had gone down in flames.

The air medal with oak leaf added had been received by his parents a short time ago. The decoration had been presented to Stubbs last October.

Lt. Stubbs was born at Earlham on May 11, 1922, and the same year came with his parents to Mason City schools. He was graduated from the public high school and the junior college in 1942.

He enlisted in the air corps in the following July but was not called into active service until January, 1943. He received his commission as pilot from Moody field, Georgia, in March, 1944, and went overseas last August. He was promoted to first lieutenant overseas.

Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Miss Gretchen Stubbs of Minneapolis, and two brothers at home, Gerald and Charles, also his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stubbs, at 511 14th SE, and his grandmother, Mrs. S. W. Kirkpatrick, at General Heights.

He was a member of the Wesley Methodist church.---from the Mason City Globe-Gazette.

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