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Aviation History => Aviation disasters => Topic started by: Dave Smith on November 09, 2019, 05:55:20 PM

Title: D Day mid air collision Gillingham
Post by: Dave Smith on November 09, 2019, 05:55:20 PM

Title: Re: D Day mid air collision Gillingham
Post by: stuartwaters on November 09, 2019, 06:42:01 PM

I agree Dave, a tragic waste of young lives. These men were just a few of the 20,000 or so young Americans who gave their lives for OUR freedom in the air war over Europe during the Second World War.


Here is a link to a website with details about the crash as well as a similar incident which occurred in Battle, East Sussex on the same day:
http://gillinghambattleb26crash.weebly.com/ (http://gillinghambattleb26crash.weebly.com/)


And another:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/gillingham-battle-b26-crashes-june-6-1944.23925/ (http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/gillingham-battle-b26-crashes-june-6-1944.23925/)


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50331261/claude-wallace-kline/photo (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50331261/claude-wallace-kline/photo)