Joseph H Bagley Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

As a member of an Antisubmarine squadron, B-24 #41-23923 was involved in a runway accident at RAF St. Eval. An RAF Whitley swung off the runway and collided with the Antisubmarine B-24. Both A/C caught on fire and depth charges from the plane exploded. 7 survived but 4 were killed in the non-operational accident. Squadron was under the administrative control of the 8th, but operational control of RAF Coastal Command



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10 January 1943

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Virginia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 63, WWII Memorial web site