Bernard J Sutton

Military
media-32023.jpeg UPL 32023 "Lt. Wise and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 24-Oct-43."

Rear L-R: 1Lt Calder L Wise, 2Lt William C Fort Jr, 2Lt John P.D. Nothstein, 2Lt Charles W Spencer.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Grover C Mullins, S/Sgt James H Pleasant, S/Sgt Howard H Zeitner, S/Sgt Bernard J Sutton, T/Sgt James C Supple, S/Sgt John Gaspar Viszneki.

Object Number - UPL 32023 - "Lt. Wise and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 24-Oct-43." Rear L-R: 1Lt Calder L...

Shot down 11 January 1944 in B-17 #41-24562 'Sky Wolf', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Wolf
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 January 1944

Revisions

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Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #182 on 11 Jan 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1925 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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