Eliot Hammond Shapleigh
Military
Added Group and Place association and added Group name to caption based on: http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_s…
Object Number - UPL 14015 - Lt. Eliot H. Shapleigh of the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group.
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On 27-May-44, Lt. Shapleigh baled out near Laon, France, in his P-51 Mustang 42-106464 because of engine trouble. He was picked up by the French Underground and hidden in a secret room in a private home until the area was overrun by American Forces who repatriated him.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Shafter, Presidio County, TX, USA | 16 January 1921 | Born Son of Martin Perry and Eva A [Goodwin] Shapleigh. |
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Enlisted |
El Paso, TX, USA | 13 June 1942 | Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 4 April 1944 - 27 April 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Baled out |
Reims, France | 27 May 1944 | Aborted escort mission to Karlsruhe, due to engine problems, on return to base, pilot Lt Eliot H Shapleigh abandoned A/C. |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 27 May 1944 | Evaded capture EVD. RTD. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
24 August 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
El Paso, TX, USA | 24 September 1991 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Alameda Cemetery El Paso El Paso County TX | 27 September 1991 | Evergreen Alameda Cemetery El Paso El Paso County Texas, USA. |
| El Paso, TX, USA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/625747943
https://www.fold3.com/record/59377725/eliot-h-shapleigh-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84802731/eliot-h-shapleigh-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/625792659/eliot-shapleigh-1921-veterans-af…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149113332/eliot-h-shapleigh
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry. (user: apollo11);
- Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer. (user: apollo11);
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 5724
MACR 5724 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
