Robert Joseph Free

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15063.jpeg UPL 15063 Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.

Object Number - UPL 15063 - Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Killed in mid air collision over base after returning from mission.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-50790

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little King
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

8 April 1924

Other

Killed in action

Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK 11 April 1945

Buried

Glendale, CA, USA Grand View Memorial Park Glendale Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Section M, Lot 239, Grave 3

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Sup ;
- Daughter-in-law;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Find A Grave Memorial# 47489052
Ancestry.com
http://www.usaafdata.com/

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446th unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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