Eldridge Shelton

Military

Returned from fighter attack on B-17 #42-3275 'Sack Time' 17 July 1943.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3275

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Time (Mary B)
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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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. I by Bishop & Hey p. 503