Warren H Burnett
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 14471
Memorial on North Tuddenham Common. B24 42-99979, Kentucky Baby, crashed near here on the morning of 21 April 1944
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Photo taken 8 August 2012, Gary Atkins
Vickers, p. 37 Airplane 299979 crashed in heavy weather. Mission to Zwickau recalled after ships were airborne due to weather.
According to b24.net, the name of the Liberator was "Kentucky Baby."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
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Document 27895
'In Honour of the Crew of a B-24 Bomber who were killed on 21st April 1944 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk' produced by Pat Baldwin, Clerk to North Tuddenham Parish Council. A copy is archived in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library.
2nd Air Division Memorial Library
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: St Mary's Church, North Tuddenham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20, UK | 21 April 1944 | |
Born |
New York, USA | ||
Buried |
Old Chatham, NY 12136, USA | Chatham Union Cemetery Old Chatham Columbia County New York, USA |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 253, The Liberators from Wendling by Vickers, p. 37 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia