Vernon M Sherwood

Military

SS/ DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37894) nicknamed "Pegasus IV" of the 95th Bomb Group flies above the clouds. Image stamped on reverse: 'U.S. Air Force Photo 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-visual Services ( MAC)'[stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'A-26344 - FORT FORTIFIED: During a recent raid over Bremen, Germany by the 8th AAF, a closeup of the new chin-turrent Flying Fortress was picked out of a formation for study. Making the Fort a more deadly weapon of air offense, the softeni

42-37894

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pegasus IV
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

44-8210

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweetheart of Seattle
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Peoria, Illinois

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45