Earl J Johnson
Military
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UPL 15679
The Colby Waugh Crew
Find A Grave Memorial# 111205352
Hit by flak, trying to get back to base. Their B-24 'Alfred,' #427485, lost 3 engines but got them restarted; lost fuel and realized they might have to ditch in North Sea. Did make it back to land and crashed near Sheringham. Injured.
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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
- Nicknames: Alfred
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Upper Sheringham Parish Church
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: Not Forgotten, 8th AF Losses, MACR 16033