William Lewis Sorrells

Military
media-32688.jpeg UPL 32688 "An instructor of the mobile training unit teaches crew chiefs latest procedures in servicing oxygen system, England. Carrying their instructional equipment in big GI trailers, mobile training units can open school right on a flight line. Here in the shadow of 'Flak Alley Lil', a veteran of 36 missions, S/Sgt William L Sorrells, Brevard, NC., schools a group of crew chiefs on the latest procedures in servicing the Flying Fortress oxygen system at an allied base in England. He illustrates his lecture with a mock-up of the actual assembly. Dec-44."

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Object Number - UPL 32688 - "An instructor of the mobile training unit teaches crew chiefs latest procedures in servicing oxygen system, England. Carrying their instructional...

Assigned to 10th Motor Transport Section, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, Good Conduct.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Carolina, USA 19 October 1915 Son of Everrett Hosea and Sarah Elizabeth [Evans] Sorrells.

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC, USA 14 October 1941 Fort Bragg North Carolina

Died

Brevard, NC, USA 27 November 1984

Based

Eye Assigned to 10th Motor Transport Section, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

1017 Hendersonville Hwy, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768, USA Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

William Lewis Sorrells: Gallery (2 items)

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