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Hi Neill, I know it's off thread, but I am enjoying our exchanges, so just briefly....
There are mostly USAAF crew buried at Cambridge, most of the others died in N.Africa and France as well as training areas in England and the waters of the Atlantic. I wonder if the training deaths had anything to do with that incident on the S.Coast when hundreds of U.S Infantry were killed during a practice landing for D.Day when some German E. boats got amongst them?
When I was at the cemetery, I was looking along the Massive M.I.A. wall containing the 5,000 odd names, when I spotted half a dozen names with a small bronze asterisk next to the names. All on the same date in 1944.
I asked the American Officer in the cemetery office what they were, he didn't know!! I looked it up on the internet and it turns out that the names belong to the crew of a Liberator bomber which crashed in dense woods in Germany and was not found until the mid 90's. So the asterisk is for those identified after being declared M.I.A.
I have heard good things about Leger Tours, unfortunately my son and I are the sort of people who like to mooch around off the subscribed routes and go where and when we like and be away from people. Sounds anti social, but I hope you know what I mean!
Thanks for the very informative post,
Ron
There are mostly USAAF crew buried at Cambridge, most of the others died in N.Africa and France as well as training areas in England and the waters of the Atlantic. I wonder if the training deaths had anything to do with that incident on the S.Coast when hundreds of U.S Infantry were killed during a practice landing for D.Day when some German E. boats got amongst them?
When I was at the cemetery, I was looking along the Massive M.I.A. wall containing the 5,000 odd names, when I spotted half a dozen names with a small bronze asterisk next to the names. All on the same date in 1944.
I asked the American Officer in the cemetery office what they were, he didn't know!! I looked it up on the internet and it turns out that the names belong to the crew of a Liberator bomber which crashed in dense woods in Germany and was not found until the mid 90's. So the asterisk is for those identified after being declared M.I.A.
I have heard good things about Leger Tours, unfortunately my son and I are the sort of people who like to mooch around off the subscribed routes and go where and when we like and be away from people. Sounds anti social, but I hope you know what I mean!
Thanks for the very informative post,
Ron
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