Earl J King
Military
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UPL 14077
T/Sgt Earl J. King
Gary Moncur
303rd BG Historian
Was a member of Sheets Crew for 22 missions and also flew 7 other missions with different pilots
Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters/DFC/EAME Ribbon
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: S For Sugar
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jacksonburg, West Virginia | 7 February 1922 | |
Buried |
Minneapolis | 17 October 2014 | Lakewood cemetery Obituary 15th October 2014 Military honors provided by Firestone Post 3383 after ceremony. |
Died |
Minneapolis |
Revisions
ContributorDr Daniel
Changes
Sources
Aircraft added; information obtained via crew photo on 303rd official website. http://www.303rdbg.com/427sheets.html
ContributorDr Daniel
Changes
Sources
Changes to burial and death location: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/22966096/person/13892768…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son