Robert L Shaffer

Military
media-35153.jpeg UPL 35153 Collection of images Frank J. Calicura took home from station 119 (Horham)
Rear Row L-R Paul Crocker (Nav), Walter Bucklin (Tail) John J McCassin (RO), Robert Shaffer (BTG), Roy Baker (FE/TTG) John S Butzu (Waist)
Front Row L-R Durward "Lee" Hinds (Bomb), Herbert Olson (P), Howard Tardiff (C-P)
Frank Calicura Collection

Updated caption and connections. New Information and crew names from Christy Campbell Grandaughter of Robert Shaffer

Object Number - UPL 35153 - Collection of images Frank J. Calicura took home from station 119 (Horham) Rear Row L-R Paul Crocker (Nav), Walter Bucklin (Tail) John J McCassin...

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43-38255

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Poof Proof
  • Unit: 335th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38281

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kimmie Kar For 9
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Hell
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38617

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: New York Express
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

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Info from Christy Campbell Grand Daughter of Robert Shaffer

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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