UPL 13793
IMAGEWaddling Lane, Blundeston, Somerleyton, Suffolk On 14 November 1944, two US Navy Air Force pilots, based at Coltishall, were chasing down a V1 rocket in their Mosquito. Apparently, they were hit by friendly fire, although there is disagreement about this. Both pilots were killed. Lt. Joseph Francis "Joe" Black, buried in Richmond, VA Lt Thomas Newkirk Aiken, buried at Cambridge
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- Site type: Aircraft crash site