Sheldon Cohen Craigmyle was born on May 19, 1918, in Madison, Indiana. He was the son of Hugh L Craigmyle and Daisy Elizabeth Adams Craigmyle, and he was married to Myrtle Allene Tinney Richter. Sheldon enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps as a Cadet in August 1942. He had basic flight training at Goodfellow Air Field in San Angelo, TX, advanced flight training at Lubbock, TX, navigation training at Hondo, TX, and became a flight instructor at Smoky Hill Air Base, Salina, KS.

Sheldon served in the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron as a First Lieutenant and Pilot of the B-29A #44-62276 Superfortress . On January 17, 1949, the aircraft was performing a flight from RAF Scampton (Lincolnshire) to Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB) in Salina, Kansas, with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While flying over Scotland at an altitude of 8,500 feet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and requested ATC the permission to climb to 14,400 feet. Shortly later, at a speed of 500 km/h, the four-engine aircraft hit the slope of the Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn mountain located two miles northwest of Lochgoilhead. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and a post-crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed.

1Lt Craigmyle is now buried in the Bethel Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA.

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