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Memorial to victims of two mid-air collisions at All Saints Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
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Rhine Crew. Joseph M Safier is circled.
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William (Wilie) Lee Starbuck
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Original artwork at the 389th Bomb Group Museum, Hethel.
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Detailed history
Two memorials, commemorating crashes, inside All Saints Church. The wood was taken from the chancel, so is original to the building.
The Bomb Group also raised money for the bells of the church, and the #2 bell was cast with the Bomb Group emblem inside.
Top, Hethel, 389th BG
Bottom, Old Buckenham, 453rd BG
There is a panel in one of the windows, commemorating the 389th. It was originally intended to be a full stained glass window. The diocese wouldn't give permission for this, as the other windows are clear (excepting a small portion, which is 14th-century glass).
Connections
Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
Crashed on 9 February 1945 at Bury's Hall Farm, Carleton Rode, 100 yards from the runway at Old Buckenham after a mid-air collision with SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME (42-95102) which landed without crashing.
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B-24 Liberator
Involved in a mid-air collision with another 389th BG aircraft 42-50452 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, on 21 November 1944.
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B-24 Liberator
Involved in a mid-air collision with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, on 21 November 1944. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft....