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Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery
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Reflecting pools, Tablets of the Missing & Memorial at Cambridge American Cemetery & Memorial, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Flight Officer Edward M Griffin 81st TCS, 436th TCG, 9th AF.
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2nd Lt Irwin F Roth - Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
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Grave of 1LT John H. Wunder 466th BG - 784th BS Cambridge American Cemetery - October 2016
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Grave of Kurt F. Schellhas 467th BG - 790th BS Cambridge American Cemetery
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Grave of Dale Ketchel 467th Bomb Group - 789th Bomb Squadron Cambridge American Cemetery
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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial October 2016
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Grave of Dixon I. Wands 452nd BG - 729th BS Cambridge American Cemetery
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Grave of Jake J. Winn, Jr. 466th BG - 787th BS Cambridge American Cemetery
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Grave of Charles R. Elliott 466th BG - 784th BS Cambridge American Cemetery
Detailed history
The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Second World War military cemetery in the British Isles. The cemetery contains 3,812 headstones of American men and women who died during the Battle of the Atlantic, the Strategic Bombing Campaign and on British soil. A further 5,127 names are commemorated on the Wall of Missing. A memorial Chapel and visitor centre also honour the dead, and provide information on those commemorated and an understanding of the crucial campaign they fought in.
The Cambridge American Cemetery was established as a temporary cemetery on land donated by the University of Cambridge in 1943 outside the village of Madingley in Cambridgeshire. It was selected as the permanent memorial to fallen American servicemen in Britain after the War, and was designed by Perry, Shaw Hepburn and Dean and landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers. The cemetery was dedicated in 1956 and is owned and maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Connections
Units
People
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Robert Allison
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 25th Bomb Group
Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. Killed in Action ... -
Harry Anderson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen / Wilhelmshaven in B-17 42-29915 11-Jun-43; Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1760 Awards: AM, PH. -
Robert Anderson
Military | Sergeant | 381st Bomb Group
"Sgt. Robert H. Anderson, of Thaxton, Virginia, a member of the 7th Station Complement Squadron was accidentally shot in the left chest about 1630 hours and died in the Station hospital a few minutes later. The shot was fired by Sgt. Martin L. Miller,... -
Paul Arthaud
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Eastman crew. Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA) Awards: AM, PH. -
Joseph Avendano
Military | Captain | Pilot | 482nd Bomb Group
Avendano took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-24192) ... -
Keith Bartlett
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
12-Mar-42 Assigned to 303BG/360BS in B-17F #41-24559 "Ooold Soldier" as 2LT and Co-Pilot. Gowen Field (Boise), Idaho. ... -
Joseph Bergant
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 398th Bomb Group
Assigned 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bischoffsheim in B-17 42-102610 'Boomerang'; never made assembly, seen to explode on impact with sea near Beachy Head. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11243 ... -
John Bloemendal
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | Base Air Depot 2
Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Test pilot on B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which had completed an air test, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, having aborted it's landing at base. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar.... -
Edward Bradford
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
6-Mar-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner on B-17F #41-24559 [PU-C], "Ooold Soljer:, 303BG 360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Ooold Soljer." ... -
William Brandt
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Spragins crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in B-17 42-107176 'Univited Missionaries'; crashed into channel Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11801 Awards: AM, PH.
Buried or commemorated
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Franklin Abbott
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #44-40128, Killed in Action (KIA). -
Luther Abel
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 495th Fighter Training Group
Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 552FTS, 495FTG 8AF USAAF as instructor. P-47C 41-6234 lost engine on local training flight on 9 Jan 1944. A/C broke out of undercast too low and crashed into a plowed field near Loughborough,... -
Earle Aber
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commanding Officer | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Flew B-17 #42-37516. Dropped leaflets at night over enemy occupied territory. Col Aber's remains were found in May 2002 in the river Stour at Harwick. He was buried on 5/10/02 at Cambridge American Cemetery. The airplane was the Tondelayo. The 406th... -
William Abernathy
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-39936. Killed in Action (KIA). AM/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH -
Norman Acido
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 448th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-24 #42-7709 'Maid of Tin', on route to Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Charles Ackerman
Military | Captain | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
KIS 23 April 1945 on excursion flight to Ireland. 31 men were picked to go on one-week vacation to Belfast, Ireland. Crashed into 2,000- foot peak on Isle of Man. -
Robert Anderson
Military | Sergeant | 381st Bomb Group
"Sgt. Robert H. Anderson, of Thaxton, Virginia, a member of the 7th Station Complement Squadron was accidentally shot in the left chest about 1630 hours and died in the Station hospital a few minutes later. The shot was fired by Sgt. Martin L. Miller,... -
Merle Aunspaugh
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 359th Fighter Group
Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in flying accident carrying out mock strafing attack during gunnery practice in P-51C 42-103793, flew into tree, ripping off a wing and crashed. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). Polebrook. 2-Mar-45. ... -
William Bailey
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Shot down 4 July 1943 in B-17 #4229641 'Black Swan. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Keith Bartlett
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
12-Mar-42 Assigned to 303BG/360BS in B-17F #41-24559 "Ooold Soldier" as 2LT and Co-Pilot. Gowen Field (Boise), Idaho. ...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 September 2014 15:11:48 | Emily | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history, person associations and media associations |
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Official Website: http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/cambridge-american-cemetery |
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