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Mosquito Memorial, Waddling Lane, Somerleyton, Suffolk
NEAR THIS PLACE
LT J.BLACK U.S. N.A.F. PILOT
AND
LT T. AIKEN U.S. N.A.F. NAV
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE
OF THIS COUNTRY
RETURNING FROM OPERATIONAL
DUTIES ON NOV 14 1944
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS.
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
This memorial to two US Navy Air Force men who died whilst chasing an air-launched V1 Rocket is in Waddling Lane, Somerleyton, Suffolk.
Lieutenant Thomas Newkirk Aiken was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania, USA and Lieutenant Joseph Francis "Joe" Black, Jr was born in 1918 in Virginia, USA.
Whilst returning from operational duties they observed an air-launched V1 Flying Bomb and gave chase when their de Havilland Mosquito nightfighter was shot down by friendly fire from an anti-aircraft battery.Their plane crashed in the Suffolk countryside near Somerleyton.
Mosquito Memorial, Waddling Lane, Somerleyton, Suffolk
NEAR THIS PLACE
LT J.BLACK U.S. N.A.F. PILOT
AND
LT T. AIKEN U.S. N.A.F. NAV
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE
OF THIS COUNTRY
RETURNING FROM OPERATIONAL
DUTIES ON NOV 14 1944
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS.
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
This memorial to two US Navy Air Force men who died whilst chasing an air-launched V1 Rocket is in Waddling Lane, Somerleyton, Suffolk.
Lieutenant Thomas Newkirk Aiken was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania, USA and Lieutenant Joseph Francis "Joe" Black, Jr was born in 1918 in Virginia, USA.
Whilst returning from operational duties they observed an air-launched V1 Flying Bomb and gave chase when their de Havilland Mosquito nightfighter was shot down by friendly fire from an anti-aircraft battery.Their plane crashed in the Suffolk countryside near Somerleyton.