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SECOND LIEUTENANT STANLEY
L. ROSEN was the son of Joseph D. and Sadie Rosen. Born in Philadelphia
PA in 1919, he was a graduate of Collingswood (NJ) High School, Class of 1938.
After high school, he attended the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, and worked for the Radio Corporation of America at their factory in
Camden NJ.
Having qualified for the
Air Corps, Stanley Rosen enlisted in the United States Army at Trenton
NJ on January 23, 1942. He was trained as a bombardier and was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in August of 1942 at the Army Air
Field in Midland TX, as reported in the September 1, 1942 edition of the
Camden Courier-Post. By this time his parents had moved to 139 North
32nd Street in Camden NJ.
After the above-mentioned
news article was printed, Stanley L. Rosen was killed on December 15,
1942 when the B-24 he was in as bombardier #41-22873 crashed while
attempting to take off from Lambert Field, St. Louis MO. Seven of the
nine men aboard were killed.
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