Francis Shaffer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-21971.jpeg UPL 21971 Charles F. Wagner Crew
452nd BG
B-17G-15-BO #42-31373 "Flakstop"

Standing Left to Right: Lloyd J. Freeman (BTG), Francis Shaffer (R/O), Fred Richmond (WG), George L. James (TG), Paul A. Chaffe (WG), Donald A. Porter (FE/TTG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Charles F. Wagner (P), Alan R. Willis (CP), Henry H. Gladys (B), Clyde J. Martin (N) 466th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 21971 - Charles F. Wagner Crew 452nd BG B-17G-15-BO #42-31373 "Flakstop" Standing Left to Right: Lloyd J. Freeman (BTG), Francis Shaffer (R/O), Fred...

Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin and crashed near Staphorst, Holland on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31373 'Flak Stop'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

452nd Bomb Group

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

731st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles F Wagner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-684435
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31373

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Flakstop
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Places

Deopham Green

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Pennsylvania, USA	25 June 1923
Enlisted	Camp Blanding Aaf/Ng, Starke, FL 32091, USA	23 September 1942
Died	7951 Staphorst, Netherlands	6 March 1944
Buried	Pennsylvania
	Johnstown, PA, USA		19 Adams Street
Buried	Johnstown, PA, USA		Grandview Cemetery

Revisions

Date1 Jun 2016 23:19:31

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

http://teunispats.nl/fr-wwii.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:44

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2916 / MACR 2916, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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