Anthony Cassey

Military

RTD. Plane took off from base, assigned to target Poix, France. During instrument climb to assembly altitude. Lt. Chamberlain flew into heavy prop wash while in cloud. The B-24 went into a slight climb followed by a steep dive. Pilot pulled out of the dive and then fell off into a spin, the tail assembly broke off and the A/C broke up and at 0915 hours crashed at Walnut Tree Farm, Benacre, Suffolk. Plane was B-24J #42-100363.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “assembly ” was misspelled.

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Combat Chronology. Losses of the a8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia