Harry Cassel Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Memorial on the Henham Park Estate, Suffolk
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Involved in a mid-air collision during form-up on a mission to Brunswick, GA on 29 Mar 1944 and crashed at Henham, Suffolk in B-24H #41-28590. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
23 January 1920 | ||
Died |
29 March 1944 | KIA when, on 29 March 1944, two B24s collided over Henham, a few miles from Halesworth airfield. 9 Crew of the 41-110033 died, and 7 of the 41-28590. During the rescue operations the bomb load of one of the Liberators exploded, killing 6 men from Halesworth. | |
Buried |
Montgomery County, OH, USA | Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum Dayton Montgomery County Ohio, USA Plot: Sec: 123 Lot: 5 |
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Find A Grave Memorial# 90930220
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces