Robert K Smith

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14463.jpeg UPL 14463 At the base of the war memorial in North Lopham, Norfolk, is a memorial to two USAAF crews. Their planes collided over the village on 29 January 1945. The stone is in very poor condition, and the names can hardly be read; ironic, when the last statement on the stone is, "Their Names Will Live Forevermore."

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Photo taken 12 July 2013, Gary Atkins

Object Number - UPL 14463 - At the base of the war memorial in North Lopham, Norfolk, is a memorial to two USAAF crews. Their planes collided over the village on 29 January...

KLD. On Jan 29, 1945 Bielefeld mission: Philiprovitch's plane flew across the path of Lt. George Peretti's plane. The port wing struck in the middle of the fuselage. Philipovitch's plane exploded and the other plane split in half.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 August 1925

Died

North Lopham, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK 29 January 1945

Buried

Murfreesboro, TN, USA Stones River National Cemetery Murfreesboro Rutherford County Tennessee, USA Plot: SECTION P SITE 6303

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Find A Grave Memorial# 81540477

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Combat Sup & 96th BG roster book; Snetterton Falcons pg 224-226 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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