John T Sparks

Military
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

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

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

DC 8 October 1919

Died

13 December 1942

Buried

North Africa-El Alai, Algiers

Revisions

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Sources

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

John T Sparks: Gallery (2 items)

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