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The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50452) nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon"of the 389th Bomb Group.
Stanley H Smith
All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk
Memorial dedicated to the victims of mid-air collision from 453rd Bomb Group at All Saints Church, Carlton Rode village, Norfolk.
Memorial dedicated to to the victims of mid-air collision from 453rd Bomb Group in All Saints Church, Carleton Rode village, Norfolk.
Memorial stained glass window in All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
One panel of memorial to victims of 389th Bomb Group mid-air collision, All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
One panel on memorial to victims of 389th Bomb Group mid-air collision, All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Memorial to victims of two separate mid-air collisions at All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Memorial to victims of two mid-air collisions at All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Survived mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Sole survivor from A/C. RTD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
It was known in the family that Julius enlisted when he was 17, needing his parents' permission to do so. Three months before his death, he wrote to his sister Sylvia: "I’ve started flying but as yet I haven’t told Mom & Pop. Please don’t tell them...
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
Constituted 566th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Dec. 1942. Activated on 24 Dec. 1942. Inactivated on 13 Sept. 1945. Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air...
B-24 Liberator
Involved in a mid-air collision with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, on 21 November 1944. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft....
21 November 1944
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
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| Born | Taunton, MA | 30 December 1919 |
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Jesse Parran and Bertha Louise [Swift] Jaquith. |
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| Enlisted | Boston, MA | 29 August 1942 |
| Based | Hethel | 1944 – 21 November 1944 |
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Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 21 November 1944 |
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Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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| Buried | 22 November 1944 | |
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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
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| Buried | Furnace Village Cemetery, Easton, MA | 1948 |
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Memorialised |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 February 2019 10:16:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83413347-stanley-h-smith |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 May 2015 15:41:10 | usxpat | Changes to events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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American Battle Monuments Commission |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 March 2015 15:00:14 | usxpat | Changes to service number, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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Find A Grave Memorial# 56294486 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:25:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Supplement, 389th website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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