Claude Orlando Sylvester
MilitaryS SGT Claude Sylvester was born 1925 in Fort Fairfield, ME and died Novemebr 5, 1944. S SGT Sylvester was assigned to the 15th Air Force, 746th Bomber Squadron, 456th Bomber Group (Heavy), he was a crew member on a B-24 Liberator bomber. S SGT Sylvester's plane was shot down over Mitrovica, Yugoslavia on November 5, 1944. S SGT Sylvester is listed as MIA at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial in Florence, Italy.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 746th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32942382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 746th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36660275
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 746th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11055080
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 746th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37452099
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield