Harold Granville Hackworth

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 when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regensberg. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

42-51909

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

25 February 1925

Died

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

Buried

Clay City, KY 40312, USA Clay City Eaton Cemetery Clay City Powell County Kentucky, USA

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).

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Find A Grave Memorial# 23440900
http://www.usaafdata.com/

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

Harold Granville Hackworth: Gallery (2 items)

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