Joseph Edgar Sutphin
Military
David Sutphin
Object Number - UPL 31860 - Crew 51 Smiling
Shot down by flak and crashed NW of Niort, FR after the crew baled out on a mission to Mont-de-Marsau, FR on 5 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-100414. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Winston-Salem, NC, USA | 22 November 1919 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria | 5 March 1944 | |
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Enlisted |
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Changes
Sources
https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/index.html - David Sutphin
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2912 / MACR 2912, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
