Born in Chico, California, June 18, 1918
Graduated from the Grant Union High School
North Sacramento, California, June 1937
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 19: Two-Year Curriculum in Agriculture
Completed five semesters in residence and withdrew to enlist

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Enlisted in the Army of the United States as Private, 19 August 1941.
Appointed Aviation Cadet, 16 December 1941 and assigned to AC Training Detachment, Ontario, California. Completed the Basic Training Program in the Army Flying School, Victorville, California.
Graduated from the Advanced Flying School, Mather Field, Sacramento, California, 23 June 1942.

COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant, Air Corps Reserve, 23 June 1942 and entered on active duty same date.
COMMISSIONED First Lieutenant, AUS, 29 January 1943.
COMMISSIONED Captain, AUS, 3 October 1944.

Active Service Assignments

Captain Sherbourne served on many flying missions in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater from April 1943 to February 1944 when he was returned to the United States to serve as an instructor on several AAF bases.
In Service 3 years, 1 month and 21 days.

Captain Sherbourne died 15 October 1944, from injuries sustained in an aircraft accident.*

Decorations and Awards

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.
AIR MEDAL with Six Oak Leaf Clusters.
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with One Silver Service Star for the Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Sicily and Air Combat Campaigns.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.

* His plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico approximately 15 miles south of Cedar Keys, Florida.