Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

"P T's Pirates"

Eighth Air Force

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

1. "P T's Pirates" Marker

Inscription.
     389th
Bomb Group
    565th
   Squadron

        In Memory of
     "P T's Pirates"
        Lt Paul T Wilkerson, Pilot
        Lt Clyde S Sewell, Copilot
    Lt Leroy S Campbell, Navigator
    Lt Richard Sullivan, Bombardier
    T/Sgt George C Gray, Engineer
  T/Sgt Frank Terlesky, Radioman
S/Sgt Robert Dotter, Asst Radioman
S/Sgt Norman S Reed, Asst Engineer
   S/Sgt Henry S Bunting, Gunner
    S/Sgt James Murray, Gunner
    S/Sgt Martin B Castle, Gunner

        Shot Down on Mission #24
        Returning From Hamm
                April 22, 1944

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 32° 6.942′ N, 81° 14.251′ W. Memorial is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is on 175 Bourne Avenue.. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles,

and in Greater Savannah.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 2nd Strategic Air Depot (here, next to this marker); 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (here, next to this marker); "Hell's Angels" - "Might in Flight" 303rd Bombardment Group (H)

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(a few steps from this marker); The 339th FTR Grp, 8th A.F. (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Alpheus L. Kilmer Crew (a few steps from this marker); 486th Bombardment Group (H) (a few steps from this marker); Pandora's Box (a few steps from this marker); 1st Lt. Harlan Leroy Cook (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.

"P T's Pirates" Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

2. "P T's Pirates" Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

389th BG Banner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, July 30, 2013

3. 389th BG Banner

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 634 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.