St Edmund, Kessingland
Aircraft crash site
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UPL 14364
Memorial in St Edmund churchyard, Kessingland, Suffolk
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Photo taken 22 October 20101, Gary Atkins
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Detailed History
Memorial, dedicated in 2010, to the crew who died when their plane was shot down over Kessingland on 22 April 1944. Some small pieces of the wreckage are buried beneath the stone.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-692476
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14135368
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35623918
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-697831
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0815366
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Repulser
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 April 1944