Carleton Rode: All Saints

52.48959, 1.11361
TM 114 925
photos taken 12 July 2013

All Saints, Carleton Rode

There are memorials for two crashes here: the top one, made from wood taken from the chancel,  relates to the 389th at Hethel, and the bottom, to the 453rd at Old Buckenham. We met the man who made the bottom portion. He was able to give us some information about the window, as well. The 389th Bomb Group wanted to install a stained glass window, but the Diocese wouldn't give permission--most of the windows in this church are clear. So this particular window was restored, with the small memorial pane inserted. The 389th also paid for the bells in the church, and the number 2 bell was cast with the 389th emblem on the inside.

Top memorial transcript:

In memory of the

following officers & men

of the 389^th.

Heavy Bombardment Group

U.S.A. Air Force

Who gave their lives

in a

mid-air collision

over this parish

on

November 21^st, 1944

“There shall be no more death.”

            Rev. 21.3

1^st Lt. J.E. Rhine1^st Lt. J.W. Safier2^nd Lt. D.R. Bromer2^nd Lt. J.E. Ryles2^nd Lt. N.R. SnodgrassT/Sgt. W.M. BucherT/Sgt. E.G. ForsterT/Sgt. S.H. SmithT/Sgt.H.N.ThompsonS/Sgt. W.D. BrewerS/Sgt. J. HeitlerS/Sgt.C.V. HughesS/Sgt.R.W. KrouskupS/Sgt. F.L. AndrumS/Sgt. W.E. LeatherwoodS/Sgt. H.W. LooyS/Sgt. W.C. Sawyer

Bottom Memorial Transcript:

In memory of the

following officers & men

of the 453^rd

Heavy Bombardment Group

U.S.A. Air Force

Who gave their lives

in a

mid-air collision

over this parish

on

February 9^th,  1945

“For our tomorrow they gave their today”

1^st Lt. R.Q. Rollins

2^nd Lt. E.E. Check

1^st Lt. M.E. Stump

T/Sgt. J.P. Eubank

T/Sgt. E.W. Amburn

S/Sgt. J.E. Sharp

S/Sgt. R.W. Adkins

S/Sgt. E.T. Soine

S/Sgt. D.E. Robertson

S/Sgt. E.C. Erker

S/Sgt. W.L. Starbuck