Fletcher E Sharp

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Flew on AC 42-110169 LUCKY PENNY Killed in Action (KIA)



Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed while returning to base after mission, with one engine lost, on B24 'Lucky Penny'

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110169

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky Penny
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Buried

S/IIRe/Plano, Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster