Jack O Shaeffer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 17398
Memorial plaque at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, England.
Rob Edwards added connections: BG, BS, Holling and McGinley, aircraft
Killed in Action (KIA) or KIS 12 August 1944. Aircraft aborted raid to Juvicour Airfield due to weather and crashed with full bomb load near Cheshunt. Possibly collided with 398th BG B-17.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wheeling, WV 26003, USA | 11 February 1924 | |
Died |
Cheshunt, UK | 12 August 1944 | |
Buried |
Kittanning, PA 16201, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Jack O Shaeffer's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60251886/jack-omar-shaeffer
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Photo of memorial left by anonymous British visitor, 7 September 2002/Second Air Division Roll Of Honor 1942-1945