Hugh F. Sheldon

1921 - 1945  (24 years)

• Name	Hugh F. Sheldon  [1, 2]
  Birth	1921	Newbury, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jul 1945	Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  Burial	Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California   [2]
  Person ID	I62356	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Garnet Alphonso Sheldon,   b. 29 Aug 1887, Leeds, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Mar 1954, ..., Los Angeles, California (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Faith Estelle Carpenter,   b. 24 May 1896, Minnesota d. 10 Dec 1978, ..., Los Angeles, California (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1916  [1, 3]
  Divorce	Bef 1940  [4]
  _STAT	Divorced
  Family ID	F29422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1st Lt Sheldon was the pilot of B-24J #42-78686 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. They were flying a load of fuel from Tezpur airbase in India to Hsinching airbase in Chengtu China. They encountered a bad thunderstorm upon arriving at their destination and while trying to land in the rain and fog crashed in the low hills northeast of Chengtu. All aboard were killed. He received the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S9478] Cemetery index, Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, (Find-a-Grave). [S36534] 1930 census, California, Los Angeles county. [S45953] 1940 census, California, Los Angeles county, Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00405; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 60-207 (Reliability: 3).