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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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Jack D Lepird memorial at RAF Goxhill.
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S/Sgt Paul Hatalsky - Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
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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
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) ... -
Charles Bacharach
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944. Plane was 'Inside Curve' 42-39973. The plane went down spinning and twisting. Then in a nose dive blew up with all of my crew of nine, killing all but my Navigator and me. Sidney Solomon and I, Paschal H. Powell,... -
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. ... -
Leo Baumann
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Karlsruhe 5-Nov-44; Hit by flak on the return flight and broke up during an emergency landing near Church Farm close to their Hardwick home base. Killed in Action (KIA) ... -
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 ... -
Clarence Bitner
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). Awards: AM (3OLC), GC, PH.
Buried or commemorated
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Clarence Aaberg
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Clarence Aaberg was on his 3rd mission, and pilot of B-17 #42-37855 on return from a mission to Regensburg, Germany on 25 February 1944. The Fortress had lost #3 engine 10 minutes after target. The crew saw a lot of German fighters around, a few... -
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 | Pilot/Squadron Commander | 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 -
Wilbert Abshire
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). A/C 42-95183 'Briney Marlin' Forming up, hit by A/C 42-95159. Plane went into spin and crew was ordered to bail out. Immediately after Carlstrum and Abshire bailed out, the pilot was able to gain control and the rest of the crew... -
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. -
Vito Ambrosio
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner/Assistant Flight Engineer | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8F USAAF. 15 x missions. Crashed attempting to land at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, UK returning from Aalborg, Denmark mission 22-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31322 'Mi Amigo'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15190 Awards: 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,...
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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