Raymond Darnell
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 15 September 1943 as B-24 42-40938 was shot down over France.
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93rd Bomb Group Museum, Hardwick
Other location
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93rd Bomb Group Museum, Hardwick
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General Ted Timberlake of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gen Ted Timberlake CO 2BW.'
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St Margaret, Parish Church of Topcroft
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In the Parish Church of Topcroft, St Margaret.
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War Memorial at South Cove Parish Church.
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At the base of the war memorial at the Parish Church of South Cove
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A hand-lettered remembrance, inside the Parish Church of South Cove. It is incorrect, in that there are now only two crewmembers buried at Cambridge. The remainder have been repatriated.
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2nd Lieutenant David J. Mahoney, Jr., 330 Bomb Squadron, 93 Bomb Group, Heavy. Killed in Action, June 13, 1944. Awarded Air Medal and Purple Heart. Buried in Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.
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My Dad, Karl Eisele, Jr. and Mom (Janet Eisele) marrying in Boise, Idaho as Dad was stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho shortly before going to England to bomb the Reich.
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Karl Eisele, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, 8th AF, 93rd BG, 409th BS/329th BS. Stationed in Hardwick, England.
Detailed history
On the grounds of the Hardwick airfield, and closely associated with Airfield Farm, the museum has 3 original nissen huts with exhibits, and a brick building that has been rebuilt from an original on the site, which is used as a reception centre and "Mess Hall."
Connections
People
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Karl Eisele
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier; Pathfinder Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Initially on B-24 42-95024, the “Gypsy Queen” piloted by Leo Bauman. After its crash, reassigned to other planes. On the 20th mission in January 1945, plane was hit by flak and landed in Sweden. Interned in Sweden until 8 May 1945. B-24 42-51523, the ... -
Murray Fant
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
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Robert Frost
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
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Haywood Glass
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator of B-24 | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action as a result of aircraft being shot down over France, September 15, 1943. -
Robert Jacobson
Military | Major | Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
A college graduate from Wisconsin Robert 'Jake' Jacobson signed on with the Army Air Force before America entered the war. From October 1942 he flew 31 combat missions as bombardier in a B-24 'Hot Stuff' of the 93rd BG - one of the first airmen to... -
Osbon Malone
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down near Tilburg on 9/18/44 in B-24 'Baggie Maggie' #42100416. Liberated from Stalag IX-B on April 2, 1945. -
Walter Meyers
Military | Technical Sergeant | Gunner B-24 | 93rd Bomb Group
Killed in Action after aircraft was shot down over France, 1943. -
Stephan Remias
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Involved in a mid-air collision during form-up on a mission to Brunswick, GA on 29 Mar 1944 and crashed at Henham, Suffolk in B-24H #41-110033. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Fred Toumey
Military | Captain | Flight Surgeon | 93rd Bomb Group
Aircraft
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41-28590
B-24 Liberator
29 March 1944, two B24s collided over Henham, a few miles from Halesworth airfield. 9 Crew of the 41-110033 died, and 7 of the 41-28590. During the rescue operations the bomb load of one of the Liberators exploded, killing 6 men from Halesworth
Revisions
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| 26 March 2015 21:03:03 | usxpat | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and media associations |
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