Earl C Ward
MilitaryShot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97212. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The story of this aircraft's final mission is attached-landing in Sweden
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Sweden | 11 April 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the location for the INT event per info in the "Summary biography".
ContributorRobert C. Goodhouse
Changes
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Military Scrapbook-Sweden, of CJ Goodhouse, and oral history by Walter Sills, pilot interned in Sweden with Ward
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3817 / MACR 3817; Snetterton Falcons, page 99 & 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database