8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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41-28743
B-24 Liberator
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B-24H-10-DT #41-28743 "Eastern Beast" Code: 2U-H
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Crew #509 & #452 Bill Tikey Crew 466th Bomb Group - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons B-24H-10-DT #41-28743 "Eastern Beast" Code: 2U-H Standing Left to Right: Joseph William Tikey (P), Richard Smith (CP), Henry Tevelin (N), Francis Spigelmire (B), Bernard Massing (TG) Kneeling Left to Right: Marlow Jovaag (WG), Ivan Roberts (FE/TT), Franklin Bois (LWG), Boyd Condon (BTG), Frank Simek (R/O)
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MACR 5248 41-28743 "Eastern Beast" 466th BG | 785th BS 08 May 1944
Assigned to 785BS, 466BBG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by 20mm flak direct hit taking out the Oxygen, electrical and hydraulic systems and starting a large fire. Went into dive after leaving the target area of Brunswick 8-May-44. S/Sgt's Carlson and Cannon bailed out, before fire was put out by the Bombardier. Control of A/C regained, the rest of the crew crash landed at Rivenhall in England. 2 x POW, 7 x RTD. MACR 5248. A/C scrapped and salvaged as a result.
Service
Units
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
785th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Franklin Bois
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Charles Cannon
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. Cannon and Carlson bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England. Prisoner of War (POW) -
Howard Carlson
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW). B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. He and Cannon bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England. -
William Creek
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Returned after B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. 2 bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England. -
James Fawver
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Howard Hartley
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Returned after B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. 2 bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England. -
Marlow Jovaag
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Bernard Massing
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Emery Rahmeyer
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Attlebridge Diaries edited by Wassom p. 47-48 Returned after B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. 2 bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England. -
Donald Schneid
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Returned after B24 went into dive after leaving the target area. 2 bailed out. The rest of the crew crash landed at Riverhall in England.
Missions
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8 May 1944
Places
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy... -
Rivenhall
Military site : airfield
Originally allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a heavy bomber base, Rivenhall was built during 1943-44 but transferred to the Ninth Air Force before construction was complete. It had three concrete runways, 51 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| First 466th BG Combat Mission | Achmer, 49565 Bramsche, Germany | 23 March 1944 |
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w/Fawver Crew |
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| Crash Landed | Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8, UK | 8 May 1944 |
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Hit by 20mm flak direct hit taking out the Oxygen, electrical and hydraulic systems and starting a large fire. Went into dive after leaving the target area of Brunswick 8-May-44. S/Sgt's Carlson and Cannon bailed out, before fire was put out by the Bombardier. Control of A/C regained, the rest of the crew crash landed at Rivenhall in England. 2 x POW, 7 x RTD. MACR 5248. |
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| Scrapped / salvaged | Rivenhall, Witham CM8, UK | 9 May 1944 |
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Scrapped / salvaged after landing with combat damage. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 August 2016 00:58:27 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames, markings and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 August 2016 13:46:58 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28743&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 September 2015 16:21:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 November 2014 23:37:18 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
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466th BG Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 October 2014 01:19:11 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nicknames and markings |
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Chris Brassfield |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 5248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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