Andrew M Wakeman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49308 - KENT, ENGLAND. 1944-05-09. CAPTAIN A. M. WAKEMAN OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCE HAS BEEN ACTING OFFICER COMMANDING OF A FLIGHT IN NO. 464 (MOSQUITO)...
Joined RCAF in 1940. Shipped out to UK in 1943. Transferred from RCAF to USAAC in late 1943 or early 1944.
Killed in a flying accident on 11 June 1944 in Mosquito HR153 while serving on detachment with No 464 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. Wakeman was departing for a sortie over Normandy in support of the invasion when his aircraft dived into the River Thames from a suspected engine failure.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: No 464 Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Gravesend
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fairfield, Connecticut | 24 October 1916 | |
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Other Registered for draft |
Fairfield, Connecticut | 16 October 1940 | |
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Other Pilot Finishing School |
RCAF Station Aylmer | 16 March 1942 - 3 July 1942 | He went to pilot finishing school at base called RCAF Aylmer, Ontario and he did his final training to be a pilot on COURSE 51 from March 16 - July 3, 1942. RCAF Aylmer flew an aircraft called a "Harvard" in Canada but it was called a "AT-6 or T-6" in the USA, it was an American made advanced trainer. |
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Died |
Near Gravesend | 11 June 1944 | |
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Buried |
Plot D Row 7 Grave 51 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Madingley Road Coton CB23 7PH Cambridge United Kingdom |
Revisions
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wakeman%3Dandrew
American Battle Monuments Commission
Bomber Command Museum of Canada (https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca) for RCAF IDs
My Dad & I have personally visited the cemetery 4 times. 70's 80's 90's 2000's.
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wakeman%3Dandrew
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Major Edwin Burr Wakeman, USAF Ret.