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Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.
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.
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM(OLC), PH.
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
B-24 Liberator
Involved in a mid-air collision with another 389th BG aircraft 42-50452 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, on 21 November 1944.
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 | Fairmont, IN | 22 October 1921 |
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Son of Traverse B and Muriel R [Rogers] Krouskup. |
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| Lived in | San Bernardino, CA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Oxnard, CA | 9 June 1942 |
| Based | Hethel | 1944 – 21 November 1944 |
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Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 21 November 1944 |
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Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). |
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| Buried | 22 November 1944 | |
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Interred |
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| Buried | Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA | 1948 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 February 2019 17:32:50 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/629301700 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 February 2019 17:31:05 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/629301700 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 January 2016 18:06:37 | A. van Erp | Changes to media associations |
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The San Bernardino County Sun Newspaper |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 May 2015 16:17:59 | usxpat | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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Find A Grave Memorial# 98541143 |
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