Walter D Sherrill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4237720, while flying with Lt. Douglas H. White. Killed in Action (KIA). He flew regularly on Thomas Witt crew.



AM 2Oak Leaf Cluster, PH,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jackie ellen
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

14 October 1943

Born

Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Buried

Rock Island, Illinois

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 14 October 1943

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 823 / MACR 823, First Over Germany pg. 167, Combat Crews pg. 122,  

href="http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=98442…">http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=98442…; / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database