Nolan Frank Sparks

Military
media-51951.jpeg UPL 51951 Horst "Jack" Weber (navigator) in dark slacks, pilot Nolan Sparks to his left. Horst L Weber, AAF photos

Added correct first name to avoid confusion.

Object Number - UPL 51951 - Horst "Jack" Weber (navigator) in dark slacks, pilot Nolan Sparks to his left.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Wounded in Action on Mannheim rail transport mission 9-Sep-44 in B-17 43-37777 'Four of a kind' WIA.





Awards: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19047892 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Four of a Kind
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 525th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Panhandle, TX 28 August 1920 Son of Frank Elijah and Grace Mae [Kirksey] Sparks.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 28 May 1942 Dallas, Texas

Other

Discharged USAAF

6 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Malakoff, TX 10 July 2005

Buried

Panhandle CemeteryPanhandle, Carson County, TX 13 July 2005 Panhandle Cemetery Panhandle, Carson County, Texas

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Added an association to A/C #43-37832 per the info in the A/C description section.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

379th Bombardment Group Anthology pg. 129 and 322 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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