John Douglass Camp

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14171.jpeg UPL 14171 Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk

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Object Number - UPL 14171 - Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk

Entire crew died when their plane crashed in fog during takeoff at Hardwick on 19 December 1944 in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can

42-50597

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

13 August 1922

Died

Hardwick, Norfolk, UK 19 December 1944 B24 42-50597 crashed in fog during takeoff

Buried

Plot D Row 5 Grave 20

Other

Memorialized

Hartford County, CT, USA Oak Hill Cemetery Southington Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Revisions

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Sources

American Battle Monuments Commission
http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/hardwick-roadside-cro…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1944O.htm
http://www.8thafhs.com/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=1743

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Find A Grave Memorial# 81710642
American Battle Monuments Commission

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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 14171 - Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk

Object number: UPL 14172 - Memorial Cross on roadside in Hardwick, Norfolk