Gordon Merriwell Sorrell
Military
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From 1941 Logan Senior High School Yearbook, Guyana, P 28, Logan, WV. Gordon M. Sorrell, Senior, General.
Object Number - UPL 50594 - Gordon M Sorrell
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Neustadt on 9/28/44 in B-17 #44-6463
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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
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
West Virginia | 17 October 1921 | |
|
Enlisted |
30 October 1943 | ||
|
Other Married Jean Curry |
Carter, Oklahoma, USA | 13 June 1944 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 28 September 1944 | |
| Woodbury, New Jersey, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9421 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
