Warren H Burnett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-14471.jpeg UPL 14471 Memorial on North Tuddenham Common. B24 42-99979, Kentucky Baby, crashed near here on the morning of 21 April 1944

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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

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

media-27895.pdf (2.48 MB) 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

42-99979

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK 21 April 1944

Born

New York, USA

Buried

Old Chatham, NY 12136, USA Chatham Union Cemetery Old Chatham Columbia County New York, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 25207231
www.b24.net

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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

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