Private Jack F Sheidler, Indiana, Service Number #15100323, was a paratrooper in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division, made famous by "Band of Brothers" book and miniseries.
On July 27, 1944, Sheidler was a passenger on the C47A #42-93038. The aircraft "had taken off, along with a second C-47, from its home station of Merryfield, 8 miles SE of Taunton in Somerset, and had flown to Filton on the edge of Bristol where both aircraft took on injured US military service personnel from various units returned from Normandy and accompanying medical staff. In addition a single RAF airman had boarded 42-93038, he was returning home to Ayrshire on leave. Once loading was complete the two aircraft took off from Filton bound for Prestwick.
The injured soldiers were going to be taken back to the US, probably by sea in a convoy leaving from Clyde. At the time the two C-47s arrived at the northern end of the Irish Sea a dense fog hung over the area around the Mull of Galloway which obscured all of the coastal features, including the 200ft high cliffs which Sheidler's plane flew into, above the beach in Cairngarroch Bay to the south of Portpatrick. The second aircraft had also come very close to crashing into the cliffs but was able to land at RAF West Freugh." (uswarmemorials.org)
Scheidler was awarded the Purple Heart.
On July 27, 1944, Sheidler was a passenger on the C47A #42-93038. The aircraft "had taken off, along with a second C-47, from its home station of Merryfield, 8 miles SE of Taunton in Somerset, and had flown to Filton on the edge of Bristol where both aircraft took on injured US military service personnel from various units returned from Normandy and accompanying medical staff. In addition a single RAF airman had boarded 42-93038, he was returning home to Ayrshire on leave. Once loading was complete the two aircraft took off from Filton bound for Prestwick.
The injured soldiers were going to be taken back to the US, probably by sea in a convoy leaving from Clyde. At the time the two C-47s arrived at the northern end of the Irish Sea a dense fog hung over the area around the Mull of Galloway which obscured all of the coastal features, including the 200ft high cliffs which Sheidler's plane flew into, above the beach in Cairngarroch Bay to the south of Portpatrick. The second aircraft had also come very close to crashing into the cliffs but was able to land at RAF West Freugh." (uswarmemorials.org)
Scheidler was awarded the Purple Heart.
Private Jack F Sheidler, Indiana, Service Number #15100323, was a paratrooper in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division, made famous by "Band of Brothers" book and miniseries.
On July 27, 1944, Sheidler was a passenger on the C47A #42-93038. The aircraft "had taken off, along with a second C-47, from its home station of Merryfield, 8 miles SE of Taunton in Somerset, and had flown to Filton on the edge of Bristol where both aircraft took on injured US military service personnel from various units returned from Normandy and accompanying medical staff. In addition a single RAF airman had boarded 42-93038, he was returning home to Ayrshire on leave. Once loading was complete the two aircraft took off from Filton bound for Prestwick.
The injured soldiers were going to be taken back to the US, probably by sea in a convoy leaving from Clyde. At the time the two C-47s arrived at the northern end of the Irish Sea a dense fog hung over the area around the Mull of Galloway which obscured all of the coastal features, including the 200ft high cliffs which Sheidler's plane flew into, above the beach in Cairngarroch Bay to the south of Portpatrick. The second aircraft had also come very close to crashing into the cliffs but was able to land at RAF West Freugh." (uswarmemorials.org)
Scheidler was awarded the Purple Heart.
On July 27, 1944, Sheidler was a passenger on the C47A #42-93038. The aircraft "had taken off, along with a second C-47, from its home station of Merryfield, 8 miles SE of Taunton in Somerset, and had flown to Filton on the edge of Bristol where both aircraft took on injured US military service personnel from various units returned from Normandy and accompanying medical staff. In addition a single RAF airman had boarded 42-93038, he was returning home to Ayrshire on leave. Once loading was complete the two aircraft took off from Filton bound for Prestwick.
The injured soldiers were going to be taken back to the US, probably by sea in a convoy leaving from Clyde. At the time the two C-47s arrived at the northern end of the Irish Sea a dense fog hung over the area around the Mull of Galloway which obscured all of the coastal features, including the 200ft high cliffs which Sheidler's plane flew into, above the beach in Cairngarroch Bay to the south of Portpatrick. The second aircraft had also come very close to crashing into the cliffs but was able to land at RAF West Freugh." (uswarmemorials.org)
Scheidler was awarded the Purple Heart.
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