Samuel Salat

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15063.jpeg UPL 15063 Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.

Object Number - UPL 15063 - Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regenberg. Killed in Action (KIA)

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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

Aircraft

42-50790

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little King
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

25 January 1919

Died

Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK 11 April 1944

Buried

Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA Plot: H, 9002

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Find A Grave Memorial# 82597938
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Combat Supplement / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Samuel Salat: Gallery (2 items)

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