Arthur Claude Akin Jr

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media-14502.jpeg UPL 14502 Arthur Claude Akin Jr

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Object Number - UPL 14502 - Arthur Claude Akin Jr

Death Non Battle. Crashed on practice mission, was subbing for another Co-Pilot, plane name was 'Lady Jane', 42-95133.

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

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Born

Norfolk, Virginia 21 March 1922

Died

Heigham Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 4LG, UK 24 November 1944 Crashed on a training mission, after volunteering to fly as co-pilot for his friend, Ralph Dooley.

Buried

Pensacola, FL, USA Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola Escambia County Florida, USA Plot: 13, 0, 17

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Find A Grave Memorial# 264403
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Information correct as far as I am aware.

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458th history & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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