Beauford A McKethen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

All information correct as on Roll of Honor board

Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

Killed in Action (KIA). Plane took off from base, assigned to target Poix, France. During instrument climb to assembly altitude. Lt. Chamberlain flew into heavy prop wash while in cloud. The b-24 went into a slight climb followed by a steep dive. Pilot pulled out of the dive and then fell off into a spin, the tail asembly broke off and the a/c broke up and at 0915 hours crashed at Walnut Tree Farm, Benacre, Suffolk Plane was B-24J #42-100363



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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

13 March 1944

Born

Kansas

Buried

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Sources

ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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