Name:
Frederick Edmund "Fred" Shelden
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
16003762
Unit:
337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-09-15
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France
Plot:
B
Row:
6
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Radar Operator of the B-17 Fflying Fortress "Pat Hand". Took off from Snetterton Heath airfield in the UK on September 15 1943. Shot down by German flak at 17:50. Aircraft was partially evacuated and exploded on contact with the ground. Killed in crash.