Elmer T Soine

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13045.jpeg UPL 13045 Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.

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Object Number - UPL 13045 - Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.

Killed in Action (KIA) Damaged by flak and ditched in channel on 8/11/44 in B-24 #42110089



Killed when his aircraft crashed and burned on return from Magdeburg at Bury's Hall Farm, Carleton Rode, 100 yards from the runway, in full view of all those who daily came to "sweat them in", following a mid-air collision with 42-95102, Spirit of Notre Dame.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Canada 27 December 1917

Died

Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK 9 February 1945

Buried

Columbus, OH, USA Union Cemetery Columbus Franklin County Ohio, USA Plot: Old Cemetery, Section 71, Lot 2, space 2

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Find A Grave Memorial# 70119387
MACR 8911
The Liberator Men of Old Buc, Andrew S Low Jr.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 70119387

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR no #

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