Anthony S Birkbeck

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Object Number - UPL 39972 - Anthony Stephen Birkbeck

Killed in mid air collision over Harleston/Redenhall on return from a mission.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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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

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ABMC, records for Cambridge

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ancestry.com

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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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American Battle Monuments Commission

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446th unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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