Floyd J Shaw
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].
Object Number - UPL 19158 - B-17F 'One O'Clock Jump' 41-24582 VK-G William W Frost Crew - 358th BS, 303rd BG, 8AF USAAF. Capt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays...
Failed to exit B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' on 12-Dec-1942 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA). Flew on 2 Operations (see Biography events)
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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: One O'Clock Jump
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 SGT Floyd J. Shaw w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Fontainebleau, France | 12 December 1942 | Trapped in spinning aircraft, he was killed when it crashed. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Mission #2 SGT Floyd J. Shaw w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS KIA |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-43 Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16031, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53