Shelby L Welton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed on Mission (KOM). Crashed 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24506 'The Shiftless Skonk' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft crashed near Watford on returning from a mission. Plane had been attacked by fighters. At rest at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24506

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shiftless Skonk
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Killed on Mission (KOM)

Leavesden Aerodrome, Watford, Hertfordshire WD25 7BZ, UK 23 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft crashed while attempting and emergency landing at Watford/Leavesden. UK.

Buried

25 November 1942 Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot F, Row 1, Grave 30

Born

Kentucky

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jeff coleman

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Lee Cunningham 2-DEc-2014. All changes per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces' Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

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Personal records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 49