Shaffer, Claude Gordon

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Shaffer, Claude Gordon, "GORDY" ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Sergeant
Serial Number	37708251 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #43 dated 22 February 1945, effective 22 February 1945.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	17 March 1945
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 30 September 1925 Promoted to Sergeant effective 26 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #46 dated 26 February 1945.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 13114⇓ (19.499 MB)
Photos of this Veteran signing the Wing Panel	Shaffer Signing⇗
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
1st Lt. Schauer, William Carl⇗	Pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. McKay, Van Robert⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Gallop, Willis Hodges, III⇗	Navigator	POW
CPL. Frankel, Daniel (NMI)⇗	Togglier	POW
CPL. Cooksey, Vernon Edward⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
CPL. Tumlin, Lamar (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Shaffer, Claude Gordon, "GORDY"	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Stewart, Kenneth Jack⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
CPL. Condon, Francis Raymond⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 4 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
286⇗	11 March 1945	Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑39019⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Deenethorpe Airfield, AAF Station 128, on return. Sortie Report⇗
287⇗	12 March 1945	Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Damaged by flak. Originally reported in MACR 13114 to have left formation over the Channel on return, surviving crew members reported the aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Oschatz, Germany. Sortie Report⇗

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