Donald E Sheldon
MilitaryAssigned May 1944.
On 29 July 1944: Lt Lyle's plane crashed just short of the base. Three crewmen were killed and another was seriously wounded. Radio man C. D. Terry recalled, "about 4-5 minutes before the release line our formati
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![The insignia of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395037.jpg?itok=qEsi3d2Q)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gin Rickey
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7827; Snetterton Falcons, pg 151, 178