George R Wharton Jr
Military
Surridge, E. K., & Dooley, E. C. (1947). Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H), including the 710th Squadrone History. LA: Army Navy Publishing.
Object Number - UPL 49042 - Sgt Wharton
From the 447th supplement: SSgt Wharton was born in 1923 and before entering the service on March 18th, 1943, he served as an apprentice embalmer to his father , who was an undertaker. After being inducted at Camp Dodge, Iowa, he was sent to Kearns, Utah for his basic training and was placed in the medics attached to the Air Corps. From Kearns, Sgt Wharton was sent to Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Lawson Hospital in Atlanta as a Surgical technician. He Joined the 447th in July of 1943 and has been working in the Squadron Infirmary since that time.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (447th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Medical Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Medic, 710 Bomb Squadron Infirmary
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Medic, 710 Bomb Squadron Infirmary
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Medic, 710 Bomb Squadron Infirmary
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Sergeant (1st Grade)
- Role/Job: Medic, 710 Bomb Squadron Infirmary
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Rattlesden Control Tower
- Site type: Memorial
Revisions
Surridge, E. K., & Dooley, E. C. (1947). Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H), including the 710th Squadrone History. LA: Army Navy Publishing.
Surridge, E. K., & Dooley, E. C. (1947). Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H), including the 710th Squadrone History. LA: Army Navy Publishing.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945
