Anthony S Birkbeck
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Anthony Stephen Birkbeck
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Killed in mid air collision over Harleston/Redenhall on return from a mission.
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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: Little King
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK | 11 April 1945 | Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regenberg. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
Cambridge Plot F Row 6 Grave 121 | ||
Born |
Wilkes-Barre PA | ||
Enlisted |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Supplement ;
- Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
446th unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia