Anthony Joseph Seaman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Teicheira Family Files
Object Number - UPL 42735 - Eagle Squadrons Memorial - Grosvenor Square London, England
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71S, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, On convoy patrol, he had engine trouble, exploded in mid air and crashed into the sea 10 miles east of Harwich, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). 20 October 1942.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1942
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spartanburg, SC, USA | 3 November 1918 | Born 3 November 1918, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 September 1942 | Transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
10 miles E of Harwich, Essex, UK | 20 October 1942 | On convoy patrol, he had engine trouble, exploded in mid air and crashed into the sea 10 miles east of Harwich, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). 20 October 1942. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Buried Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | ||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Shipped overseas to ETO. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Nov-2014. Event descriptions edited for consistency.
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission connection "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 38 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
