Ralph E Gifford
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Entire crew died when their plane crashed in fog during takeoff at Hardwick on 19 December 1944 in an attempt to deliver air support to ground forces in Belgium during Battle of the Bulge. Killed in Action (KIA). KIS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Hardwick, Norfolk, UK | 19 December 1944 | B24 42-50597 crashed in fog during takeoff |
Born |
Muskegon, Michigan | ||
Buried |
Muskegon Heights, MI, USA | Mona View Cemetery Muskegon Heights Muskegon County Michigan, USA Plot: 338-B-4 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia