Noel Emerson Shoup

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40256.jpeg UPL 40256 "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November 1943."

Rear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.

Object Number - UPL 40256 - "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November...

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH

Note: Noels remains have been ID'd and his remains will be Interred in Sept 2023.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12181065
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06288092
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18137605 / O-685539
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36116660 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief / Engineering officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33354347
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

B-17 42-5308 & 42-5306 Brand New
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Duffau, TX 11 September 1918 Son of Arthur Warren Shoup. Duffau, Texas

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX 21 March 1942 Enlisted Lubbock Texas

Based

Molesworth 15 October 1943 - 28 February 1944 Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Abbeville, France 28 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863

Buried

1 January 1946 Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Rosette added to name Sep-23

Buried

Upper Greens Creek Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, TX 1 January 1948 Memorialised Upper Greens Creek Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, Texas Remains ID'd, Re-interment due Sept-23

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2863, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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