Earl H Bond

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. At the start of a mission, two fighters in formation ahead of Lt Bond collided in overcast conditions and crashed. It is probable the midair collision sent debris towards Lt Bond's plane, causing it to crash near Hethel 8-Mar-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-8652

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: The Bid
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA, USA 29 January 1942

Other

Crashed

Westover Air Reserve Base, 57 Patriot Ave, Chicopee, MA 01022, USA 9 June 1943 Landing Accident Ground Collision Westover Field, MA Cat 3 damage 2Lt Earl H Bond, 9-Jun-43. P-47B 41-5979 - 321FS 326FG

Other

Promotion

Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK 12 December 1943 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Hethel, Norwich NR14, UK 8 March 1944 At the start of a mission, two fighters in formation ahead of Lt Bond collided in overcast conditions and crashed. It is probable the midair collision sent debris towards Lt Bond's plane, causing it to crash near Hethel 8-Mar-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Mertztown, PA 19539, USA Re-Interred Longswamp Union Cemetery Mertztown Berks County Pennsylvania USA

Based

Bodney 8 March 1944 Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Pennsylvania, USA Son of Paul William And Lillie May [Reifinger] Bond.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-8652
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bond%2C+Earl+H
https://www.fold3.com/page/83764820_earl_h%20bond/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58829356

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces