William Bentley Sutton
Military
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Object Number - UPL 36913 - "Menzel's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 20 July 1944." Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt...
Flew 3 missions in lead plane. Tail section shot off during one mission. Bomb bay fuselage shot away on another mission. Flew 33 missions, first mission was Petermunde.
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Ministered to flocks in Springfield, MO, and St Petersburg, FL for over 50 years.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aurora, Illinois | 18 November 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 22 February 1943 | |
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Died |
Bushnell, FL | 21 January 2017 | |
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Buried |
Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL | 26 January 2017 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son-in-law Randall N.Brown
