Walter D Sutherland Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The source of this photograph is from the sister of WD Sutherland. It was uploaded by her grandson Jim Dorton.
Object Number - UPL 43984 - First Lieutenant WD Sutherland at home on leave in Castlewood, Virginia.
Killed in Service (KIS). AC crashed into mountain valley while ferrying equipment to Germany.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37421560
- Highest Rank: Corporal
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Castlewood, VA | 3 January 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Roanoke, VA | 17 September 1941 | |
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Died |
Vils, Reutte Bezirk, Tyrol, Austria | 16 July 1945 | |
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Buried |
Louisville, KY | 18 August 1949 | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Plot E, 129-130 E, 129-130 |
Revisions
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Sources
Correction to Middle initial. Biographical information from :
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sutherland&GSfn=w…;
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
