Ross K English
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Radio Operator
Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew
KIA - 9 May 1944
Object Number - UPL 36858 - TSGT Ross K. English Radio Operator Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew KIA - 9 May 1944
Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #4252584 'Worry Bird II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747186
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Worry Bird II
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA | 22 December 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Erie, PA | 6 November 1942 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 27 March 1944 - 9 May 1944 | m |
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Died |
2275 Hemeldonk, Belgium | 9 May 1944 | English was KIA on his 9th mission when his B-24 was shot down by flak over Belgium |
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Buried |
Millcreek, PA, USA | Laurel Hill Cemetery Millcreek Township Erie County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: 15, 53, 4 | |
| Erie, PA | 709 Brown Avenue |
Revisions
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Sources
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=4848229…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3147&h=513505&…
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 28
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4803 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
