Name:
Alton A. Schaffner
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
38156242
Unit:
751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-20
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Westhoff Cemetery, Westhoff, Texas
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Alton A. Schaffner, left waist gunner of the B-17 42-97137 “Silver Queen”, took off from station 130 in Glatton, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over the V1 site of Gorenflos. The plane was hit by flak between the belly turret and radio station. It crashed at 1850, killing all but two crew members.