Warren Sharrock
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Lee Roy Whittenburg
Military
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Crew #675 Warren L. Sharrock Crew 466th BG - 786th BS This crew completed 31 combat missions before hostilities ended. Standing Left to Right: Michael A. Minnichiello (G), Oliver L. Sigler (G), Lee R. Whittenburg (R/O), Donald A. Horn (FE/G), Grady H. Wesson (FE), Edward J. Kinkopf (G) Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Hughes (N), Scottie H. McHenry (CP), Alfred R. Farnholz (B), Warren L. Sharrock (P)
Service
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
785th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-110188
B-24 Liberator
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42-110162 Parson's Chariot
B-24 Liberator
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44-50784
B-24 Liberator
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Monticello, KY | 15 November 1924 |
| Lived in | Cincinnati, OH | December 1942 |
| Enlisted | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 7 June 1943 |
| 466th BG Combat Tour | RAF Attlebridge | 12 December 1944 – 25 April 1945 |
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Completed 31 combat missions |
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| Died | Tennessee | 6 August 1990 |
| Enlisted | Oak Ridge, TN | 9 August 1990 |
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Oak Ridge Memorial Park |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 September 2020 21:46:13 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft associations |
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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 172 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 September 2020 21:45:10 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename and events |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=20047817... Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 227 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 February 2015 21:21:53 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 December 2014 01:12:40 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:18:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 352 |
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