Earl O Widen

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media-15520.jpeg UPL 15520 Captain Earl O Widen, Chaplain, 389th Bomb Group. This photo hangs in Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham

Object Number - UPL 15520 - Captain Earl O Widen, Chaplain, 389th Bomb Group. This photo hangs in Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham

Captain Widen died of a heart attack while serving at Hethel as Chaplain. As well as serving as the Protestant chaplain on the base, he ministered to the congregation at Fairland United Reformed Church in Wymondham, where is is very fondly remembered.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Hethel, Norwich, Norfolk NR14, UK 28 June 1944

Born

South Dakota

Buried

Plot C Row 4 Grave 35

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Sources

http://eastangliamemorials.blogspot.co.uk/
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Chaplains' Board, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 662 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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