Kenneth D Shaver

Military

Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 42-30142 'Pistol Packin' Mama. ' Captured with crew mates at crash site. Escaped from a moving train outside of Rotterdam. Shaver, Buckner and Koenig were passed to Joke Folmer and then to Dutch-Paris. At the Dutch-Paris safe house on the rue Lhomond in Paris when it was raided on February 26, 1944. Walked out of Paris with Lt Clayton David, made it to Spain via Pau and Pamplona. Returned to the UK on 05/27/1944.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30142

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richfield, North Carolina 16 November 1923

Other

Evaded

5 November 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorMKoreman
Changes
Sources

NARA escape and evasion reports 674 and 675. www.archives.gov

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3123, http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-675.pdf">http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-675.pdf>