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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
7051	Shahan	Elza E	2nd Lt		O-423963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	1st Fighter Group	27th Fighter Squadron	1942-08-14	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7052	Shake	Charles E	2nd Lt		O-812158		USA	Pilot		USAAF	339th Fighter Group: The Chequers	503rd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-24	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7053	Shakley	Earl Edward	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-716973	1917	American	Bombardier		USAAF	8th Air Force	733rd Bomber Squadron (453rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-16	B-24 Stinky	J	42-110138	F8: N+		Old Buckenham (Station #144), Norfolk, England		Dessau (Mission #556), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland			Archive Report
7054	Shakro	Wilbur E	2nd Lt		O-715024		USA	Pilot		USAAF	373rd Fighter Group	410th Fighter Squadron	1945-04-08	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7055	Shambarger	Walter Burton	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-700998	Born on the 2nd October 1918 in Williams County, Ohio	American	Co-Pilot	AM (2 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	68th Bomber Squadron (44th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-07-07	B-24 Full House	J	42-99966	OK:W		Shipdham airfield (Station #115), Norfolk, England		Bernburg (Mission #458), Germany	See Archive Report for details	Murdered	Ardennes American Cemetery Plot D, Row 11, Grave 28		Archive Report
7056	Shanahan	Thomas John	Technical Sergeant	Flight Sergeant	36863298	16th November 1924 in Detroit, Michigan	American	Radio Operator	AM (4 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	327th Bombardment Squadron (H), 92nd Bombardment Group (H)	1945-04-17	B-17 Naughty Nancy	G	43-39110	UX:E		Podington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, England		Dresden (Mission #957), Germany	See Archive report for details	KiA	Repatriated on the 28th February 1950 and interred at the Arlington National Cemetery, Section 34, Grave 1615, Virginia		Archive Report
7057	Shane	Nathaniel Norman	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-781687	6th June 1922 in Manhattan, New York	American	Co Pilot	AM (3 Oak Leaf Clusters)	USAAF	8th Air Force	327th Bombardment Squadron (H), 92nd Bombardment Group (H)	1945-04-17	B-17 Naughty Nancy	G	43-39110	UX:E		Podington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, England		Dresden (Mission #957), Germany	See Archive report for details	Murdered	Repatriated and interred at the King Solomon Memorial Park, Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey on the 23rd April 1950		Archive Report
7058	Shanks	Andrew Borland	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-829318		American	Co-Pilot	PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	728th Bombardment Squadron (H), 452nd Bombardment Group (H),	1945-01-20	B-17 Lucky Lady	G	44-6601	M3:G		Deopham Green (Station #142), Norfolk, England		Rheine (Mission #801), Germany	See Archive report for details	KiA	Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot H, Row 17, Grave 8		Archive Report
7059	Shapleigh	Eliot H	2nd Lt		O-694191		USA	Pilot		USAAF	4th Fighter Group	335th Fighter Squadron: Chiefs	1944-05-12	P-51 Mustang								1.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7060	Sharbo	Walter J	F / O		T00125496		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	P-47 Thunderbolt								2 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7061	Sharbo	Walter J	2nd Lt		O-2009007		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1945-04-10	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) The group’s final aerial victory was an Me-262 of JG 7 shot down April 10, 1945 by 2nd Lt. Walter J. Sharbo of the 62nd FS, near Wittstock, Germany.
7062	Sharman	Clyde D Jr	1st Lt		O-792753		USA	Pilot		USAAF	354th Fighter Group	356th Fighter Squadron: Red Asses	1944-08-25	P-51 Mustang								2 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7063	Sharp	Robert H	Captain		O-793544		USA	Pilot		USAAF	352nd Fighter Group	328th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-19	P-47 Thunderbolt								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7064	Sharp	Leo	Sergeant	Sergeant	18108375		American	Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	93rd Bombardment Group (H), 409th Bombardment Squadron (H), 2nd Air Division	1943.08.01	B-24 'Honky Tonk Gal'	D	42-40265	YM:W		Site #7, Benghazi, Libya		Ploesti (Operation Tidal Wave), Romania	See Archive report for details	PoW, Unknown camp			Read Archive Report
7065	Sharrock	John A Jr	1st Lt		O-744774		USA	Pilot		USAAF	363rd Fighter Group	380th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-11	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7066	Shartz	John	Staff Sergeant		35323543	1920	American	Right Waist Gunner		USAAF 8th Air Force	US Army Air Force	561st Bomber Squadron (388th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-05-22	B-17 Dear Mom	G	42-97091	:F		Knettishall airfield (Station #136), Suffolk, England		Navy yards, Kiel (Mission #361), Germany	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland			Archive Report
7067	Shaver	Dorwyn D	1st Lt		O-763753		USA	Pilot		USAAF	362nd Fighter Group	378th Fighter Squadron	1945-02-02	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7068	Shaw	J M	Flying Officer							USAAF	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	NA524	KN-F		Full Sutton	2310	Sterkrade	Crashed at Berkel {Zuid-Holland}	PoW		Attacker
7069	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-11	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7070	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-04-13	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7071	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-13	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7072	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-27	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) During an escort to Ludwigshaven on 27 May, the 364th Fighter Squadron jumped a large formation of Bf 109s about 20 miles southwest of Strasbourg. “I was leading Blue Flight with Lt. (Thomas) Harris flying my No. 3 when we went down on a Bf 109 that was diving away,” said Major John Storch. “Lt. Harris’ element was in position when we went down followed by our Green Flight.” Lt. Leroy A. Ruder was the number three man in Green Flight. “As my flight leader was getting into position to fire on one of the enemy aircraft, I observed a Bf 109 trying to get into position to attack him,” Ruder reported. “I immediately broke into the enemy aircraft and at the same time expected my wingman (Lt. Cyril Conklin) to break with me. I do not know where he went. I had my hands full with the 109 I was fighting and since my radio was out could not ask my wingman for his position.” Conklin scored two kills in the fight but fell victim to a Bf 109 and wound up as a POW. “When the dogfight was finished I had my No. 2 and Green Flights 1 and 2 and a 352nd group plane with me,” said Storch. “I started spiraling for altitude and the bombers, which were out of sight. I called Lt. Harris and finally got him, and he said he was OK and hunting for me. I told him my position as nearly as possible, my altitude and course, and a stayed in the area for approximately 15 minutes.” Harris may have collided with Dean Post; he became a POW, while Post was killed when his Mustang crashed. Despite the losses, the toll the squadron exacted on the enemy was impressive. In addition to Conklin’s kills, Storch scored two and a half victories, Harris and Lt. Morris Stanley two each, and Ruder, Lts. Paul Fairweather, Robert Shaw and Mark Stepleton one each.
7073	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-05-30	P-51 Mustang								0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7074	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-14	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7075	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-05	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7076	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-06	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7077	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-18	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7078	Shaw	Robert M	1st Lt		O-745528		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	364th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-18	P-51 Mustang				8							Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7079	Shaw Jr	John Portz	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-551161	1918	American	Co-Pilot	PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	850th Bombardment Squadron (H), 801st Bombardment Group (H) (Provisional)	1944-07-18	B-24	H	42-51187	:R		Harrington (Station #179), Northamptonshire, England		Carpetbagger	See Archive report for details	Killed	Ardennes American cemetery, Plot B, Row 34, Grave 57.	Collided with Halifax V LL364 138Sqn (Special)	Archive Report
7080	Shearer	W G	Flying Officer							USAAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-07-24	Lancaster	III	ND634	AS-U		Kirmington	2110	Stuttgart	Crashed at Olbronn	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
7081	Sheathes	Robert S Jr	1st Lt		O-824616		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	369th Fighter Squadron	1945-03-18	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7082	Sheehan Jr.	Arthur ‘Art’ Edmond	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	39139011	25th April 1924 in Connecticut	American	Waist Gunner	AM (2 Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	303rd Bombardment Group (H), 360th Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division	1944-09-28	B-17	G	44-8330	PU:D		Molesworth (Station #107), Cambridgeshire, England		Magdeburg (Mission #652), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Netherlands American Cemetery Plot O, Row 5, Grave 14		Archive Report
7083	Shelley	Joe Hardy	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-691289	10th May 1920 in Wichita, Kansas	American	Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	578th Bomber Squadron (392nd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-09-21	B-24	H	41-29002	EC:T-		Wendling (Station #118), Norfolk, England		Koblenz marshalling yards (Mission #644), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Repatriated and interred at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas		Archive Report
7084	Shenk	Richard E	2nd Lt		O-827303		USA	Pilot		USAAF	68th Reconnaissance Group	111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron	1945-03-31	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7085	Shepard	Ernest B	Captain		O-790723		USA	Pilot		USAAF	364th Fighter Group	384th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-12	P-38 Lightning (P-51 Mustang mid 1944)								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7086	Shepard	Thomas W Jr	2nd Lt		O-792882		USA	Pilot		USAAF	78th Fighter Group	83rd Fighter Squadron	1943-06-24	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7087	Shepherd	Jack C	Major		O-427120		USA	Pilot		USAAF	405th Fighter Group	509th Fighter Squadron	1945-03-01	P-47 Thunderbolt`								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7088	Sheppard	Benjamin Joseph	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	12133360	1923	American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	15th Air Force	2nd Bombardment Group (H), 30th Bombardment Squadron (H), 5th Bomb Wing	1944-12-09	B-17	G	42-97739	Allocated but not known		Amendola Air Base, Foggia, Italy		Brüx synthetic oil refinery, Czechoslovakiaoslovakia	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania			Archive Report
7089	Sheridan	Dayton C	1st Lt		O-811968		USA	Pilot		USAAF	56th Fighter Group	62nd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-04	P-47 Thunderbolt								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7090	Sheridan	Theodore Vincent ‘Ted’	Staff Sergeant		37494553	1922	American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	579th Bomber Squadron (392nd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-07-07	B-24 Rap ‘Em Pappy	H	42-95229	GC:R-		Wendling (Station #118), Norfolk, England		Bernburg (Mission #458), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland			Archive Report
7091	Sheridan	Philip Joseph	2nd Lieutenant	Pilot Officer	O-805994		American	Co-Pilot		USAAF	15th Air Force	449th Bombardment Group (H), 716th Bombardment Squadron (H)	1944-02-22	B-24 'Pistol Packin’ Mama'	H	42-52146	52		Grottaglie Field, southern Italy	08:04	Regensburg, (Mission #29), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1			Archive Report
7092	Sherman	Clifford C	1st Lt		O00024963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-03	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7093	Sherman	Clifford C	1st Lt		O00024963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-11	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7094	Sherman	Clifford C	1st Lt		O00024963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang								1.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7095	Sherman	Clifford C	1st Lt		O00024963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-07	P-51 Mustang								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7096	Sherman	Clifford C	1st Lt		O00024963		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-07	P-51 Mustang				4.5							Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7097	Sherrill	Halstead	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-813596		American	Pilot	AM (2 OLC) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	91st Bombardment Group (H), 332nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division	1944.08.16	B-17 'Texas Chubby - J’Ville Jolter'	G	42-31634	LG:O		Bassingbourn (Station #121), Cambridgeshire, England		Halle (Mission #556), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot E, Row 5, Grave 13		Read Archive Report
7098	Sherwood	Joseph H Jr	Major		O-432252		USA	Pilot		USAAF	404th Fighter Group	506th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-18	P-47 Thunderbolt`								1 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
7099	Shields Jr.	Edward F.	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-816604		American	Pilot	AM (Oak Leaf Clusters) PH	USAAF	8th Air Force	303rd Bombardment Group (H), 360th Bombardment Squadron (H), 1st Air Division	1944-09-28	B-17	G	44-8330	PU:D		Molesworth (Station #107), Cambridgeshire, England		Magdeburg (Mission #652), Germany	See Archive report for details	Killed	Netherlands American Cemetery Plot D, Row 12, Grave 3		Archive Report
7100	Shipman	Mark K	Captain		O-431166		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	38th Fighter Squadron	1943-11-05	P-47 Thunderbolt								1.5 Luftwaffe destroyed			Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)