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Charles H. Stirneman on March 31, 1944 outside of the Nissan Hut he shared with Leo Dale Rush, John Guldemond, Thomas Lemmon, Walt Foster and Burma in Earls Colne, England. The sign above the door says "Black Hole of Calcutta". The photograph was taken on the only day it snowed that winter. Stirneman was killed in action just a few weeks later in April 1944. It is believed that the Nissen hut, noted as "8" was located in Site No. 13 on the British Air Ministry's site plan for Earls Colne Airfield. The photograph is from the Collection of Lt. Leo Dale Rush, Jr.

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Units

  • 323rd Bomb Group

    323rd Bomb Group

    Group
    The 323rd Bombardment Group operated with B-26 Marauders, American medium bombers. They were the first Eighth Air Force Group to fly a medium level bombing mission with this aircraft on 16 July 1943. After flying a total of 33 missions with the Eighth,...

  • 456th Bomb Squadron

    456th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron
    Selected Bibliography of Publications: ...

People

  • Walter Foster

    Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Bombardier
    Lt. Walt Foster was a navigator and bombardier from Upstate New York who served with the 456th BS during the Second World War. His first combat mission was flown from Earls Colne Airfield on February 3, 1944 to the Ruisseville "No Balls” secret weapon...

  • John Guldemond

    Military | Pilot

  • Thomas Lemmon

    Military | First Lieutenant

  • Leo Rush

    Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier, B-26 Marauder
    Dale Rush served with the 456th BS as a bombardier. He was killed on May 20, 1944 on a mission to Dieppe when "Ole 33 Gal" WT-A Serial No. 41-35033, flying in the Box II, Flight 3 lead position, took a direct hit of heavy flak that shattered the...

  • Charles Stirneman

    Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier - Navigator
    Lt. Stirneman appears to have shared a Nissan hut with Lts. Leo Dale Rush, Walter E. Foster, John Guldemond, Lemmon, and Pfc. "Burma" in Quarters Area 13 at Earls Colne Airfield, England. Lt. Stirneman was born on 15 May 1921 and was killed in action...

Locations

  • Earls Colne

    Military site : airfield
    Earls Colne was built in 1941 as an airfield for No.3 Group, RAF Bomber Command, although never used as such. Assigned to the US Eighth Air Force (as Station 358) in 1942, its 36 hardstands were increased to 50, bringing the airfield up to Air Ministry...

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Collection name
Collection of Lt. Leo Dale Rush, Jr.
Object number
UPL 29931

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Date Contributor Update
14 September 2017 22:50:19 JMF Changes to collection and caption
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JMF
Date Contributor Update
13 September 2017 03:02:17 JMF Changes to caption
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JMF
Date Contributor Update
13 September 2017 02:51:36 JMF Changes to caption
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JMF - The photograph is based on a notation on the back of a photograph of Lt. Walt Foster exiting the Nissen hut on the same day.
Date Contributor Update
12 September 2017 23:35:32 JMF Changes to collection
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JMF
Date Contributor Update
12 September 2017 23:34:07 JMF Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
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