Emmett Sublett Sutton
MilitaryAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters and flak and crashed E of Berlin on a mission to the ball bearing works at Erkner-Berlin on 6-Mar-44 in B-17 42-38136. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2743
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800905
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Luling, TX | 19 January 1921 | |
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Other Marriage |
5 August 1943 | Married Joyce M Miller. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 6 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
18 May 2002 | ||
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Buried |
Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum Pflugerville, Travis County, TX | 21 May 2002 | Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 6 March 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2743 / MACR 2743, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=756 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database