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| Name: |
Harold Goodman "Shoey" Shoemaker |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
First Lieutenant |
| Service: |
United States Air Service |
| Units: |
74 (RAF)
17th Aero (USAS) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
01 September 1892 |
| Place of Birth: |
Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey |
| Died: |
06 October 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Bomy, France |
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Harold Goodman Shoemaker joined the United States Air Service in 1917. To gain combat experience, he was attached to the Royal Air Force, joining 74 Squadron on 3 July 1918. After scoring five victories as an S.E.5a pilot, he was reassigned to the 17th Aero on 29 August 1918. Less than two months later, Shoemaker and another American pilot were killed when their Sopwith Camels collided above the German lines. Both men were buried in the cemetery at Bony. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1210 |
74 |
S.E.5a (E1389) |
Rumpler C (DES) 1 |
Cassell-Ypres |
| 2 |
16 Aug 1918 |
1250 |
74 |
S.E.5a (E4685) |
Rumpler C (DES) 2 |
E of Kemmel Hill |
| 3 |
19 Aug 1918 |
2010 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
DFW C (DES) 3 |
Ploegsteert |
| 4 |
23 Aug 1918 |
1925 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Passchendaele |
| 5 |
25 Aug 1918 |
1845 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Warneton |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Ira Jones, Lt George Gauld |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Frederick Gordon |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt George Hicks |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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