Arthur Claude Akin Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 14502
Arthur Claude Akin Jr
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Find A Grave Memorial# 264403
Death Non Battle. Crashed on practice mission, was subbing for another Co-Pilot, plane name was 'Lady Jane', 42-95133.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lady Jane
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
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