Lyle D Sherwood
Military1-May42. Assigned as a Bombardier of B-17F #41-24584 [GN-Q] "Susfu", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 22-Oct-42 Arrived as Molesworth, UK as Bombardier aboard "Susfu"
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
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Missions
- Date: 22 November 1942
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 42-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 22 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Bombardier aboard B-17F 42-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS. |
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Other Mission #1, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #5, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24569, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24569 "Memphis Tot", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France |
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Other Mission #6, 1LT Lyle D. Sherwood, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2016. Corrected AC TN in Mission#5 event per Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Edward J. Broussard crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-broussard.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Edward J. Broussard crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-broussard.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Jan-2016. Added initial assigment info to Summary Biography; made connections to Unit and Place, made connections to Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43) and missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Edward J. Broussard crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-broussard.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-rs.html#R