Theodore Graceton Shaw
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 47612 - 2nd Lt Theodore G Shaw
Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44. Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8200
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35877878
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34649659
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15133816
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15132044 / O-714742
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39157563
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tis Me Sugar
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wood County, TX | 16 November 1922 | Son of Theodore Roosevelt and Grace [Blackmon] Shaw. |
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Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL | 16 September 1942 | Jacksonville, Florida |
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Died |
West of Island of Sylt | 24 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weimar, Germany in B-17 42-97558 'Tis Me Sugar' 24-Aug-44 Crashed / Ditched into North Sea West of Island of Sylt KIA MACR 8200 |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Glatton | 24 August 1944 | Assigned to 748BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303778/theodore-graceton-shaw
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 8200 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8200 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
