Kenneth L Gahm
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Photo taken 8 August 2012, Gary Atkins
Object Number - UPL 14471 - Memorial on North Tuddenham Common. B24 42-99979, Kentucky Baby, crashed near here on the morning of 21 April 1944
Vickers, p. 37 Airplane 299979 crashed in heavy weather. Mission to Zwickau recalled after ships were airborne due to weather.
According to b24.net, the name of the Liberator was "Kentucky Baby."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!' Handwritten and printed caption on reverse: '392BG 577SQ.' On reverse: John E. Bode Aug 05 1964 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414153.jpg.webp?itok=qGPtoDSE)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
media-27895.pdf
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Document 27895
'In Honour of the Crew of a B-24 Bomber who were killed on 21st April 1944 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk' produced by Pat Baldwin, Clerk to North Tuddenham Parish Council. A copy is archived in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library.
2nd Air Division Memorial Library
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: St Mary's Church, North Tuddenham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
31 October 1917 | ||
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Died |
North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK | 21 April 1944 | |
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Buried |
Wichita, KS, USA | Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 253, The Liberators from Wendling by Vickers, p. 37 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
