Ernest R Deshotels
Military
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Object Number - UPL 7141 - Ernest Dehotels - Paper Doll Pilot 42-3345
Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #423345 'Paper Doll. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. POW.
According to Co-pilot, Otis Prichard: "On one of the first attacks Lt. Deshotles was wounded in the foot; much of our oxyg
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14156032
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057682
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18011642
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Reddell, Louisiana, USA | 21 February 1919 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 28 July 1943 | His B-17, 42-3345 'Paper Doll' was shot down 28 July 43 on mission to Oschersleben Germany MACR-138, ditched in North Sea, all survived but were picked up by a German boat and made prisoners of war. Paper Doll Shot Down Jul 28,1943 42-3345 (96th BG, 338th BS, "Paper Doll") shot down by Oblt Rudolf Patzak in Bf 109G-6 of JG 54/8 and ditched in North Sea 40 km W iof Ijmudien, Netherlands Jul 28, 1943. MACR 138. 10 POW |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 138 / MACR 138; Snetterton Falcons, pg 43, 308 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database