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SHELDON, Stanley W - Date of
birth
5 October 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Rhode Island -
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11116435 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer -
Unit
66th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
6 August 1944 - Place of
death
Buxtehude, southwest of Hamburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Wilson Sheldon (father)
Ethel M. Sheldon (mother)
Doris Sheldon (sister)
Rhoda Sheldon (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95561 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Stormy Weather
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Rheunania Ossag oil refinery
MACR: 8081
More information
T/Sgt Stanley W. Sheldon was a chauffeur.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts, on 10 November 1942.
The aircraft was hit by flak just after the target and went into a tight spin. Two parachutes were seen at first and then eight more. The pilot apparently was able to pull it out of the spin one or twice, and then it went into a dive again. The plane was seen to blow up on crashing in the target area.
Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Five men were killed.
According to German records, T/Sgt Sheldon was initially buried at the cemetery of Neuenfelde. After the war, his remains were never found.
He is remembered at Pascoag Cemetery in Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode Island.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Rhode Island State Censuses
Photo source: Peter Schouteten