Noel Emerson Shoup
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH
Note: Noels remains have been ID'd and his remains will be Interred in Sept 2023.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12181065
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06288092
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18137605 / O-685539
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36116660 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Crew Chief / Engineering officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33354347
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Duffau, TX | 11 September 1918 | Son of Arthur Warren Shoup. Duffau, Texas |
Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX | 21 March 1942 | Enlisted Lubbock Texas |
Based |
Molesworth | 15 October 1943 - 28 February 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Abbeville, France | 28 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863 |
Buried |
1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Rosette added to name Sep-23 | |
Buried |
Upper Greens Creek Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, TX | 1 January 1948 | Memorialised Upper Greens Creek Cemetery Stephenville, Erath County, Texas Remains ID'd, Re-interment due Sept-23 |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/84790517-noel-e-shoup
https://www.fold3.com/record/529859534-noel-e-shoup
https://www.fold3.com/image/28742885?terms=O-672887
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952964?rec=300711689
https://www.fold3.com/image/624836951?terms=shoup,noel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360865/noel-emerson-shoup
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17910724/noel-emerson-shoup
https://www.fold3.com/record/84790517-noel-e-shoup
https://www.fold3.com/record/529859534-noel-e-shoup
https://www.fold3.com/image/28742885?terms=O-672887
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952964?rec=300711689
https://www.fold3.com/image/624836951?terms=shoup,noel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360865/noel-emerson-shoup
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17910724/noel-emerson-shoup
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2863, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces