Francis L Shaw

Military
Second Lieutenant FL Shaw and his crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress after a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '65693 AC- Lt Shaw and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, stationed at an 8th AF Base in England 8 May 1945. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '2nd Lt FL Shaw & crew 614th BS, shot down at the crew's 10th mission 11/4/44, Polilz. All POW's 2nd from right, front row coloured?' media-380523.jpg FRE 1715 Second Lieutenant FL Shaw and his crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress after a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '65693 AC- Lt Shaw and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, stationed at an 8th AF Base in England 8 May 1945. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '2nd Lt FL Shaw & crew 614th BS, shot down at the crew's 10th mission 11/4/44, Polilz. All POW's 2nd from right, front row coloured?' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1715 - Second Lieutenant FL Shaw and his crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress after a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '65693...

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 42-39847 'Battlin' Betty. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39847

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battlin Betty
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 April 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

Milton Junction, Wisconsin, USA

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Flak Dodger by Roland Byers;
- MACR 4016;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
- href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=262">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=262>

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MACR 4016 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Second Lieutenant FL Shaw and his crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress after a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '65693 AC- Lt Shaw and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, stationed at an 8th AF Base in England 8 May 1945. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '2nd Lt FL Shaw & crew 614th BS, shot down at the crew's 10th mission 11/4/44, Polilz. All POW's 2nd from right, front row coloured?'

Object number: FRE 1715 - Second Lieutenant FL Shaw and his crew of the...