John Martin Sparks
MilitaryAll information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Killed in Action (KIA) 13 December 1942 in 'Flying Cock' piloted by LLewellyn Brown. Head wound due to flak
SS/ PH
He flew on Bart Wigginton crew. He was wounded on Lorient mission 06 Mar 1943. Completed 11 missions.
AM Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Louis, MO | 19 December 1918 | |
Died |
13 December 1942 | ||
Buried Plot B Row 10 Grave 8 |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
WWII Draft Card, via ancestry.com
findagrave memorial #56250489
2nd Air Division Roll of Honor, American Library, Norwich, Norfolk
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / ABMC, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll Stewart, p. 51 includes picture with the crew, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 64, 495 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia