Vincent Franklin Sundstrom was born on March 30, 1918. He was the son of Olof Sundstrom and Clara E. Sundstrom. Vincent resided in York County, Maine prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 11, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents. Vincent served as a First Lieutenant and Pilot on B-17G #42-107076, 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-17G #42-107076 took off from RAF Knettishall with a target of the Focke-Wulf Aircraft factory at Poznan, Poland. While on this mission they were hit by enemy flak and severely damaged. Vincent was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 crashed, due to the damage, into the Baltic Sea seven miles Southeast of Nykobing, near Boto, Denmark. His name is commemorated on the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also has a cenotaph located in Hillside Cemetery, North Berwick, York County, Maine. 1Lt Sundstrom was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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