Sheldon Vernon McCormick
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 60839
UPL 60839
2nd Lt Sheldon V. McCormick
Sheldon Vernon McCormick of Jacksonville, Florida per 1941 yearbook, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).
Sheldon Vernon McCormick of Jacksonville, Florida per 1941 yearbook, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).
1941 Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) from Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1440391569:1265
KIS in B-17 42-5793 crashed at Brome, Suffolk, en route to leading the 100th Bomb Group. He was the PFF plane, sent to lead the group.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-662226
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stinky
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Duval Co, Florida | 19 February 1922 | Born Duval County, Florida |
Enlisted |
Jacksonville, Florida | 16 March 1942 | Enlisted Jacksonville, Florida |
Died |
Brome, Suffolk | 10 November 1943 | Died Brome, Suffolk |
Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Jacksonville, Florida | 1 January 1948 | Re-Interred Evergreen Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida |
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Sources
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia