Monroe A Atchley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13979.jpeg UPL 13979 Garveston, Norfolk, memorial

Photo taken 6 June 2012, Gary Atkins

Object Number - UPL 13979 - Garveston, Norfolk, memorial

Killed by an exploding bomb as he was responding to the crash of B-24 42-91560

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Air Engineering Squadron 2033rd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brownsville, KY 42210, USA 7 December 1910

Died

Garvestone, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 4 June 1944 Killed by an exploding bomb as he was responding to the crash of B-24 91560

Buried

Warren County, KY, USA Boiling Springs Church of Christ Cemetery Warren County Kentucky, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 657

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