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Sherwood G Burnett

Military

My father, Sherwood "Joe" Burnett, in Saffron Walden in 1944. At the time he was a Major and weather officer with the 65th Fighter Wing at Debden, Essex. Later, he became a staff weather officer with the 4th Fighter Group. On July 4, 1945, he and my mother, Janet Frances Palmer, were married at the base.

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Service

Units served with

65th Fighter Wing

Wing
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18th Weather Squadron

Squadron
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Associated Place

Debden

Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
Saffron Walden

Military site : non-airfield
Headquarters 65th Fighter Wing. Exact location unknown.

Events

Event	Location	Date
Married Janet Frances Palmer	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	4 July 1945

Revisions

Date	Contributor	Update
16 April 2015 18:54:15	Lucy May	Changes to firstname, nickname, highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources
Added information from photo caption to person record.
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:24:51	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/128th-army-postal-unit--18th-w...