Donald E Robertson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13045
Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
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Killed when his aircraft crashed and burned on return from Magdeburg at Bury's Hall Farm, Carleton Rode, 100 yards from the runway, in full view of all those who daily came to "sweat them in", following a mid-air collision with 42-95102, Spirit of Notre Dame.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Morrill County, NE, USA | 24 August 1921 | |
Died |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 9 February 1945 | |
Buried |
Plot C Row 3 Grave 54 | ||
Other Memorialized |
Red Oak, MO USA | Red Oak Cemetery Red Oak Lawrence County Missouri, USA |
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Sources
MACR 8911
The Liberator Men of Old Buc, Andrew S Low Jr.
American Battle Monuments Commission
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit History, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia