Kieran P Culliton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40342.jpeg UPL 40342 B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' with Malone crew.

Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt Hulet Mack.

Kneeling L-R; Sgt Harry F. Stricklan, Sgt Robert L. Steeves, Sgt Albert R. Eibel, Sgt Thomas A. Strohaker, F/O James E. Sheets.

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Object Number - UPL 40342 - B-24 Liberator 42-95289 'Little Rollo' with Malone crew. Standing L-R; Sgt Kieran P. Culliton, 2Lt Wallace R. Malone, 2Lt Jack H. Heuser, 2Lt...

Killed in Action (KIA). Member of Wallace Malone's crew Had to land in the North Sea (notified Air Sea Rescue) plane broke in half on landing on the water. Strohker, the pilot Malone and the Bombardier Heuser were rescued. Culliton's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Wallace Ray Malone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50491

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron 707th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

42-95289

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Rollo
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Cambridge, MA 28 November 1942 Cambridge, Massachusetts

Died

North Sea 27 December 1944 Ditched in the North Sea (notified Air Sea Rescue) plane broke in half on landing on the water. Killed in Action (KIA)

Born

Worcester County, MA

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing

Based

Bungay 27 December 1944 Assigned to 707BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Added Kieran P Culliton to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288931/kieran-p-culliton

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Sup  and 446th BG Book page 231 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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