When Gordon C. Shaul was born on April 24, 1924, in Manorville, Pennsylvania, his father, Edward, was 28 and his mother, Sarah, was 27. He had two brothers and two sisters.

Gordon served in the 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Top Turret Gunner on the B17 #44-6137 "The Abortion Queen" aircraft during World War II. On January 29, 1945, while attempting assembly into a bomber stream scheduled to raid the marshalling railway yards at Bielefeld, Germany, his aircraft collided with that of Lt. Alex Phillipovich. Both aircraft exploded and crashed approximately 1/2 miles southeast of the airdrome. All 18 crew members aboard the 2 aircrafts were killed. SGT Shaul is now buried in the Ford City Cemetery, Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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