Warren L Sharrock
Military
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UPL 7137
Crew #675
Warren L. Sharrock Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
This crew completed 31 combat missions before hostilities ended.
Standing Left to Right: Michael A. Minnichiello (G), Oliver L. Sigler (G), Lee R. Whittenburg (R/O), Donald A. Horn (FE/G), Grady H. Wesson (FE), Edward J. Kinkopf (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Hughes (N), Scottie H. McHenry (CP), Alfred R. Farnholz (B), Warren L. Sharrock (P) 466th Bomb Group collection
Warren L. Sharrock Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
This crew completed 31 combat missions before hostilities ended.
Standing Left to Right: Michael A. Minnichiello (G), Oliver L. Sigler (G), Lee R. Whittenburg (R/O), Donald A. Horn (FE/G), Grady H. Wesson (FE), Edward J. Kinkopf (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Hughes (N), Scottie H. McHenry (CP), Alfred R. Farnholz (B), Warren L. Sharrock (P) 466th Bomb Group collection
Son of Donald A Horn
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2008887
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38540579
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flt Engineer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35924824
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-928711
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35924494
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Parson's Chariot
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 June 1920 | ||
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 12 September 1942 | |
Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 12 December 1944 - 25 April 1945 | Completed 31 combat missions |
Died |
Rindge Tract Island, Stockton, CA 95219, USA | 16 November 1949 | 1st Lieutenant Sharrock was the pilot of U.S. Air Force B-29-70-BW Superfortress #44-69939. While on a "round robin" training flight from Spokane Air Force Base, with a mock bombing target to Stockton, California, then onward to Ogden, Utah, then a return home, tragedy struck at 23:45 hours on the night of November 16th, 1949. Two in the group of thirteen Superfortresses collided at 26,000 feet above Stockton and plunged to earth in flaming wreckage. Only two airmen survived by bailing out in time and parachuted safely to ground. Lt. Sharrock and eight other fliers perished when the aircraft impacted in 6-10 feet of mud on Rindge Tract Island in the San Joaquin Delta, about 11 miles to the northwest. One crewmember parachuted to safety from the other B-29 (#44-86364) but nine were killed when it impacted on McDonald Island about 2 miles further south of this crashsite. |
Buried |
Sonora, CA 95370, USA | 21 November 1949 | Sonora Odd Fellows Cemetery Sonora Tuolumne County California, USA |
Jamestown, CA, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 350