Robert Thomas Shafer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 214

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard E Porter

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33552422
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-30150

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Exterminator
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 78

Date: 28 July 1943

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Williamsport, PA, USA	31 March 1923	Son of Herbert T and Emma L [Yarrison] Shafer.
Enlisted	Harrisburg, PA	2 July 1942	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Died	Lathen, Germany	28 July 1943	Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA).
	Lycoming County, PA, USA
Buried	Netherlands American Cemetery		Tablets of the Missing. Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands
Based	Horham	28 July 1943	Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date23 Jan 2021 15:25:30

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303757/robert-t-shafer

Date23 Jan 2021 15:10:52

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303757/robert-t-shafer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183638198/robert-thomas-shafer

Date23 Apr 2020 19:59:45

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date16 Dec 2015 11:34:52

ContributorAl_Skiff

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AAM DB Entry.
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-m…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:12

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database