Herbert Clifton Shealy
MilitaryCrash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD.
"Crash landed three times and received 2 Purple Hearts. He spent 409 days in the hospital recovering from his wounds, the last one being at Valley Forge Army Hospital"
Awards: AM (OLC), GC, PH (OLC), EAME, WWII Victory.
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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 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cat’s Sass Temptation
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Leesville, South Carolina | 14 September 1920 | BornLeesville, South Carolina |
Enlisted |
Fort Jackson Columbia South Carolina | 14 September 1942 | EnlistedFort Jackson Columbia South Carolina |
Died |
Tremont, Pennsylvania | 20 April 2014 | DiedTremont, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
Forest Hills Memorial Park Reiffton, Pennsylvania | 23 April 2014 | InterredForest Hills Memorial ParkReiffton, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces