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media-13045.jpeg UPL 13045 Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.

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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

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50703

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK 9 February 1945

Born

Minnesota

Buried

Plot F Row 4 Grave 120

Revisions

Date16 May 2015 17:06:17
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ChangesChanges to biography, awards, events, place associations and media associations
Sources

American Battle Monuments Commission
www.usaafdata.com

Date18 Mar 2015 15:40:54
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ChangesChanges to place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1945O.htm
Find A Grave Memorial# 56288518

Date17 Mar 2015 16:40:58
Contributorusxpat
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

Atkins private collection

Date17 Mar 2015 16:24:51
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ChangesChanges to events, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 56288518
Atkins private collection

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:02
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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