Ernest L Shero
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 25720 - Ernest L Shero
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #423555 'Tiger Girl. ' Killed in Action (KIA) by "friendly fire".
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tiger Girl
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
26 November 1943 | ||
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Born |
Paden, OK 74860, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 26 November 1943 | November 26 On this mission to Bremen, the 388th puts up two Groups 42 planes - for the 45th CWo After four aborts, the remaining planes follow two Pathfinders to target. Their bombs drop in the southern section o f Delmenhorst, north o f the assigned target. Earlier in the morning, after receiving a last-minute order to switch from his own plane, alc #42-30195 Blind Date to alc #42-3555 Tiger Girl, pilot George Branham had handed his .45 to crew chief Robert Gholsten, explaining "I won't be coming back." Now, as the formation makes a sharp turn after bombs away, Tiger Girl is severed near the tail by two incendiaries dropped from a plane in the 96th BG, which is flying high Group in the formation. There are two survivors navigator R.L.Gudgel and radioman Frank Grande. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3116 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
