Herbert George Cross
MilitaryAssigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Customer of Freckleton snack bar, killed by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: GC, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bristol, Sullivan County, TN | 18 July 1913 | Son of Geo A Cross. |
Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 12 February 1942 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
Died |
Freckleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Customer of Freckleton snack bar, killed by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died non Battle (DNB) |
Buried |
25 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based |
Warton | 23 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Shelby Hills Cemetery Bristol, Sullivan County, TN | Re-Interred Shelby Hills Cemetery Bristol, Sullivan County, TN |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105691844/herbert-g-cross
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=17126
https://laituk.org/B-24%2042-50291.htm
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