Harold Newton Sheaffer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down fighters and crashed near Gottingen shortly after leaving the target at Halberstadt, Germany on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-29829. Killed in Action.



Wernegarode, Germany mission 22 Feb 1944 'Sons o' Satan' A/C was stragggling behind with #3 engine feathered after leaving Halberstadt. The A/C was attacked by ME 109's and ME 210's. It went down under control, but may have been on fire.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sons of Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-37888

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aces n Eights
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 22 February 1944

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; raised in Newark, Delaware

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 297 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Contributorscrewball
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my collection

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ContributorLowell Silverman
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Correspondence and photos in Sheaffer family collection

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ContributorLowell Silverman
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https://www.fold3.com/page/653606311-harold-newton-sheaffer

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2870 / MACR 2870, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database