Sherman Grant Wright
Military
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UPL 44966
Sherman Wright, Molesworth, 21 November 1943. (Official USAAF photo – NARA)
Official USAAF photo – NARA
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39781. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051907 at enlistment, then O-671085
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37232879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19082184 at enlistment, then O-678377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18217123
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14101673 at enlistment, then O-679083
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Career Girl
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Paris, Illinois, USA | 16 November 1920 | |
Enlisted |
18 November 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
1 December 1943 - 12 June 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Heydekrug/Gross Tychow. NARA WWII POW record: “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.” | |
Died |
Paris, Illinois, USA | 17 December 2002 | |
Vermilion, Edgar County, Illinois, USA | |||
Buried |
Paris, Illinois, USA | Edgar Cemetery |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Updated the location of the "Born" event per info in the "BIO" section.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1325
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database