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Carlton Colville

Crash site

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Detailed history

Memorial for 2 men who died when their B17 crashed at Grove Farm, Carlton Colville, Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk on 14 March 1945. There are also 4 roads in the immediate area which are named in honour of the incident:
Portch Close
Seavert Close
Fortress Road
Ohio Close

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People

  • Robert Portsch

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 487th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA). B-17G #44-6570. AC crashed after turning back from mission with No 2 engine smoking. Crew bailed out. Portsch stayed with AC to fly it out to sea, but crashed before reaching coast.

  • Douglas Seavert

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 487th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) 14 Mar 1945 B-17G #44-6570. AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

Aircraft

  • 44-6570

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Lincoln 9/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-P] Lavenham 15/10/44; ct fire on take off for Hannover with Bob Portsch; crashed Grove Fm, Pakefield, Sfk, UK; 2KIA 8 bailed; Salvaged.

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
24 September 2017 12:03:51 usxpat Changes to person associations
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AAM
Date Contributor Update
19 August 2017 09:27:19 Rob in Norwich Changes to history
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Edit of history. The history said '5 roads' and one of those named (Bloomfield...) seems unconnected with the memorial. The memorial itself says '4 roads'. In the edit I change '5' to '4' and deleted the fifth listed road (Bloomfield Way). The four remaining roads as named all have relevant connections: 'Portsch' and 'Seavert' are the surnames of those who died in the crash, the plane was a Flying 'Fortress', and Seavert's home was in 'Ohio'.
Date Contributor Update
18 March 2015 19:05:45 usxpat Changes to history
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Find A Grave Memorial# 56294211
Find A Grave Memorial# 82231246
Date Contributor Update
18 March 2015 16:16:36 usxpat Changes to media associations
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Atkins private collection
Date Contributor Update
18 March 2015 16:13:28 usxpat Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history, person associations and aircraft associations
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Atkins private collection

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