Matthew Ekes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

December 9, 1943 take off crash from Bovington, UK on a weather recon flight in B-17 #42-37744 (10 KNO). 2 RAF Meteorological Officers aboard.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 December 1943

Buried

Woodlawn Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Born

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Made Death & Burial events based on information provided by gesch below.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Normsn Malaney, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 411