Harold Treadwell Sheets

Military

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. Managed to evade capture. Helped by the Belgian evasion network “Comete”, he was back in England on 18 December 1943. See his page at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles Vernon Carlson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier

Robert Zeno Grimes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

George Carl Janser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066504
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Theodore Ralph Kellers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35335090
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James Dee McElroy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-30372

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indianapolis, Indiana 18 September 1914

Died

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 1 August 1981

Revisions

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Updated website address in Bio

Date
ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1017
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 273

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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 1017; Snetterton Falcons pg 60 & 76