Name:
Harry Lee Sparks
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
34708160
Unit:
36th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-07-05
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
17
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Harry Lee Sparks, mechanic of the B-24 Liberator 42-72873 "S-Sugar", took off from Harrington, UK at 2313 on a resupply mission to the Trancrainville Resistance. Following a successful drop, the plane was shot down by a Me-110 at 0210 5km NW of Janville. All but one of the crew members died. The survivor, 2nd Lt Edward Tappan, escaped back to the UK. The dead airmen were initially buried in the Orléans-Les Aubrais cemetery by the French locals.