Gilbert S Shawn
Military
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UPL 13393
B-24H-1-CF, serial number 41-29118
MACR 3829
Shot down on a mission in Zwickan. Parachuted into Belgium where with friends and the AUnderground worked his way to Sedan, France (before the invaasion , Time behind enemy lines was six months.
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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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York City, New York | 25 July 1923 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 & Page 404 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)