Sumner H Reeder
MilitaryMy photo, taken 7 October 2018.
Major Reeder was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps C-54A Skymaster #42-72264 that crashed off shore of West Florida on 19 March 1945. Killed in service.
6 September 1943 successfully returned B-17 #42-30088 'Squawkin' Hawk' with CP Killed in Action (KIA), and Bombardier and Navigator seriously WIA.
DSC/ DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Squawkin Hawk II
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
near Monroe County, Florida | 19 March 1945 | |
Born |
East St Louis, Illinois |
Revisions
Update Born & Died events and "Summary biography" per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 143913181.
Added a connection to the 100th BG - see pg. 182 in the book"Flying Fortress" by Edward Jablonski.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 507by Bishop & Hey