Herbert Eugene Shafer
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Blackwood crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5251
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747194
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bradford, Ohio | 22 April 1913 | Son of William F and Bertha N [Mathews] Shafer. |
Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 10 April 1942 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Died |
Ptay, France | 23 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bricy, FR in B-24 42-7583 'Wee Willie'; bomb bay door became jammed in tail controls and A/C crashed SE of Ptay 23-May-44. KIA MACR 5251 |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot B Row 10 Grave 15 | |
Buried |
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Miami County, OH | Memorialised Pleasant Hill Cemetery Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio | |
Based |
Bungay | 23 May 1944 | Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/88894943-herbert-e-shafer
https://www.fold3.com/record/529849003-herbert-e-shafer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56375440/herbert-e-shafer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27300675/herbert-e-shafer
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5251; The History of the 46th Bomber Group, pg 101