William C Carlson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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 in Action (KIA) when planes collided over base after returning from Regensberg mission on 11 Apr 45.
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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
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 | |
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Buried |
Cambridge Plot E Row 5 Grave 42 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).
ContributorAAM
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Sources
446th BG History / Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
