Gilbert G Shoemaker
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 6-September-1942 while serving as a gunner on B-17 41-24516 'Meltin' Pot' the aircraft lost two engines while en-route from Newfoundland to Thurleigh and was ditched into the sea off of Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland. The aircraft came down in shallow water and the ten crew all walked ashore.
Killed in Action (KIA) on 4-Mar-42, B-17F 42-5129 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner.
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Ditched |
Magilligan Point, Limavady, Limavady BT49, UK | 6 September 1942 | Aircraft B-17F 41-24516 lost two engines en-route to Thurleigh and was ditched into the sea off of Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 4 March 1943 | Aircraft B-17F 42-5129 was shot down into the North Sea by German fighters. His remains were never recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, The Netherlands | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2749 for B-17F 42-5129; "Losses of the 9th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey NBE for B-17F 41-24516; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
MACR 2749 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database