Earle Vann Skiff

Military

Crashed in F-5 42*67378 44 near Watlington, Oxfordshire for unknown reasons while on cross country flight from Honington to Mt Farm. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Places

Mount Farm

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Castle, Colorado	9 June 1921
Enlisted	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	2 April 1942
Other Combat Mission	Berck, France	30 December 1943	Calais coast. Bolougne to Berck, Etaples F-5 42-13316
Other Combat Mission	Arras, France	5 January 1944	Boulogne/Arras area F-5 42-67322
Other Combat Mission	Honfluer, France	7 January 1944	Coast near Honfleur F-5 42-67378
Died	near Watlington, UK	19 January 1944
Buried	Brockwood, Surrey, UK	22 January 1944	Brockwood Cemetery
Buried	Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama		Forest Hill Cemetery Birmingham, Alabama
	Birmingham, Alabama		5108 N. 9th Avenue

Revisions

Date1 Apr 2020 22:31:28

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=907106
http://aircrewremembered.com/skiff-earl.html
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2238/43992_11_00029-04791?pid=1108…
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2238/43992_11_00029-04791?pid=1108…
"Eyes of The Eighth - Patricia Fussell Keen - pages 320-322

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:01

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia