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Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13045 - Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Killed in Action (KIA). B-24 AC 42-50703 'Worry Bird'. Mid-air collision on formup.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 453rd Bomb Group wait on a jeep. Letter enclosed with print: '[Left to Right] James E Terwilliger- Waist Gunner, Luhter M Clark- Co-pilot, Carl Powell- Navigator, Lattie P Head- Nose Gunner, Nicholas Radosevich- Pilot, Edmund M Survilla- Tail Gunner, Lt ? Lee- Bombardier (Robert Burgess was the Bombardier on the original crew), Joseph D Craft- Radio operator, Robert Victor- Waist Gunner, Robert O Hanson- Engineer- Top Turret. Original Cadre- Model (Crew #41) 734th Squadron, 453rd Bomb](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380672.jpg.webp?itok=L5hegKpe)
- 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
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 29770
- Description: Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 9 February 1945 | |
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Born |
Minnesota | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Plot F Row 4 Grave 120 |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1945O.htm
Find A Grave Memorial# 56288518
Combat Chronology, Unit History, Unit Website, The Liberator Men of Old Buc / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
