Fred Sherrod
MilitaryAssigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard 42-107188 'Ramp Rooster' as ball turret gunner.
Awards: AM (4OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395101.jpg?itok=a_8hAB7c)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 602nd Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group. Featuring the Disney character 'Goofy'.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395104.jpg?itok=RXuBl2J4)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
![Aerial photograph of Nuthampstead Airfield looking north, the technical and recreation sites are on the left, the ammunition dump and firing butts are at the bottom, 9 June 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/53. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-411.jpg?itok=3zasmDaa)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Knoxville, Tennessee | 3 January 1925 | Born Knoxville, Tennessee |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
398th History Vol II and Vol III / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia