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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32439050
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39900663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32454573
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11062351 and O-681161
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Born

Indianapolis, Indiana 18 September 1914

Died

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 1 August 1981

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Updated website address in Bio

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1017
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 273

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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