Ernest A Matthews
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Hilgay War Memorial, Norfolk
Photo taken 17 September 2014, Laurie Atkins
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
Killed in Action (KIA) 30 March 1945
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Stalland Road, Norfolk
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
30 March 1945 | Killed when B17 44-6816 was caught in the propwash of another aircraft and was torn apart in the air. | |
Born |
Connecticut | ||
Buried |
Plot B Row 7 Grave 4 |
Revisions
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Sources
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
American Battle Monuments Commission
Missing Planes of the 452nd Bomb Group, Edward Hinrichs, 3rd ed. ©2004
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Sources
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia