Shannon B Early

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media-34502.jpeg UPL 34502 SSgt Shannon Early

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Object Number - UPL 34502 - SSgt Shannon Early

LWG, Jones Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Damaged July 24, 1943 in B-17 #42-3217 "Georgia Rebel" and crashed in Vannacka, Sweden. Mission #11 to the chemical factories (Magnesium, Aluminum) in Heroya, Sweden. Hit by flak, #2 engine feathered and prop bent, hole in port wing near the fuel tanks with fuel leak, #3 engine smoking and lost oil pressure. Interned. First US bomber interned in Sweden. Returned to England November 22, 1943.

Franklin, MA

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797117
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37272791
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37348624
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20402885 / O-401997
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32364219
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

Civilians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (MS-T, serial number 42-3217) of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Handwritten on accompanying slide casing: '381st BG. B-17, 4686 DM.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Georgia Rebel
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Massachusetts, USA 3 February 1909

Enlisted

Springfield, MA, USA 28 July 1942

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Internee

Sweden 24 July 1943 - 22 November 1943

Died

Dayton, OH, USA 4 August 2003

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