Carl M Heintz
MilitaryTook off from Debach on an operational mission to Laon Airfield, France. On return at 9945 hrs a/c spun in and crashed at Foxboro Hall Farm, Melton, Suffolk, while attempting emergency landing. A/C was returning from operations in Chievres with one engine out. All crew were killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, Losses of the 8th & 9th page 377, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php