Laverne D Ridge
Military ROLL OF HONOURReturning from a mision on Kassel, weather became very heavy overcast. Plane was trying to land using radio beacons, they hit the radio tower at Daventry, all crew was killed
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
15 December 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
305th BG unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia