Cemetery
The North Africa American Cemetery lies over ancient Roman Carthage in Tunisia. The site holds the remains of 2,841 American servicemen who fell in operations across northern Africa and the Persian Gulf. A further 3,724 names are honoured on the wall of missing, many for those lost or buried at sea. A chapel and memorial court document American supply campaigns and military activities across the north African and Persian theatre.
The cemetery was established in 1948, after the existing temporary cemeteries were determined to be inadequate. The site was designed by Moore and Hutchins and landscaped by Bryan J Lynch, it was dedicated in 1960. North Africa American Cemetery is owned and maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-ce...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed on Regensburg mission 17-8-43 aboard B17 42-30434 "Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama". 'Betty Boop' landed in Nth Africa. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, Spartan College of Aeronautics, assigned to 133S, on attachment to 57FG from 8 Mar 1943, 314th FS, 324th FG, 9AF USAAF, killed in a P-40 during an attack on German transport planes.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 97th Bomb Group
Lt Thomas Borders graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa before enlisting in the Air Corps in July 1941. Assigned as a Pilot in the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron, he was sent overseas. He was Pilot of "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" on...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 15 February 1943 when temporarily assigned to 9th AF. Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH
Military | Private First Class (6th Grade) | Photographer/Gunner | 97th Bomb Group
Edward Du Paul was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron at Polebrook, England. He was a photographer/gunner on 41-24413 "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" when it was lost to Flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to Biskra, Tunisia, 26 December...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 97th Bomb Group
Henry Eaton was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron. He was Engineer/Gunner on board 41-24413 "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" when it was lost to Flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to Biskra, Tunisia, 26 December 1942. He and all nine...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 97th Bomb Group
Jack Elliott was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron. He was Waist Gunner on board 41-24413 "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" when it was lost to Flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to Biskra, Tunisia, 26 December 1942. He and all nine...
Military | Flight Officer | Glider Pilot | 313th Troop Carrier Group
On 12 October 1943, Erickson was piloting a CG-4A Haig Glider, towed by tug from C-47 Skytrain (serial number 41-38704) in the Mediterranian Theatre of Operations. The C-47 was flying through broken cloud, when 60 miles from Algiers the pilot felt...
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 97th Bomb Group
Fleming Goolsby was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron. He was Co-Pilot of "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" on VIII Bomber Command's first Heavy Bomber raid to Rouen, France on 17 August 1942. Transferred to North Africa with the 97thBG, he was...
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 97th Bomb Group
Theodore Hokenstad was assigned to the 97th Bomb Group/414th Bomb Squadron. He was Navigator on board 41-24413 "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" when it was lost to Flak and exploded in mid-air on a mission to Biskra, Tunisia, 26 December 1942. He and all nine...
Military | Corporal | 5th Photo Reconnaissance Group
Corporal Stanley J Abromski was on route to Italy aboard the SS Paul Hamilton as part of convoy UGS38.
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Military | Corporal
Richard J Adam was assigned to the 322nd Fighter Control Squadron attached to the 51st Fighter Group, at that time attached to the 14th Air Force.
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Military | Technician 5th Grade
Jacob Adamczyk was attached to the 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed on Regensburg mission 17-8-43 aboard B17 42-30434 "Betty Boop - The Pistol Packin' Mama". 'Betty Boop' landed in Nth Africa. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aerial Gunner | 47th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 15 February 1943 when temporarily assigned to 9th AF. Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 376th Bomb Group
Assigned to 515BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Messina, Sicily, 30-Apr-43; Flak took out No.3 engine and port flaps, fell away from formation being harried by several Me-109's, ditched in sea. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3305
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 47th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aerial Gunner | 47th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Aerial Gunner | 47th Bomb Group
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| 01 March 2020 23:20:22 | harrykevansjr | Changes to person associations |
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By Harry Evans |
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| 04 December 2017 16:00:29 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations |
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Connection to the cemetery where all 10 crew members are memorialized (not buried...) |
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| 29 September 2014 16:09:32 | Emily | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and person associations |
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Official Website: http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/africa/north-africa-american-ce... |
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