Edwin K Lankford
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13412 - Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
B-24H #41-29416 'Rebel Yell' collided with another aircraft after being hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar 1944. 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rebel Yell
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA | 10 September 1942 | |
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Buried |
Louisville, KY, USA | 21 June 1951 | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Plot: C, 407-409 |
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Born |
Maryville, Tennessee, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Oranienburg, Germany | 22 March 1944 | Aircraft B-24H-15-CF, with serial number 41-29416, nicknamed Rebel Gal, was on a bombing mission over Germany and collided with aircraft 41-29434 about 15 seconds before bombs away. |
| Maryville, TN, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3491 / MACR 3491, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
