Donald H Goede

Military
media-16959.jpeg UPL 16959 Crew #688
John E. Bishop Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
B-24J-1-FO #42-95578 331st BG
Photo taken at Casper AAF, WY in November 1944

Standing Left to Right: Kenneth Watson (NG), James E. Duncan (R/O), Armando Ruggieri (WG/BTG), Smith M. Lay (WG), Donald Goede (FE/TT), George T. Mullen (TG)

Kneeling left to Right: John E. Bishop (P), Erwin L. Carvin (CP), Donald E. Hall (N), Douglas S. Parker (B)

This crew flew their first mission on 3 March 1945 and completed 15 combat missions before hostilities ended.

466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16959 - Crew #688 John E. Bishop Crew 466th BG - 786th BS B-24J-1-FO #42-95578 331st BG Photo taken at Casper AAF, WY in November 1944 Standing Left...

Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John E Bishop

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1573048
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50438

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Minooky
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

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Scrubbed Mission/Napalm briefing

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 16 March 1945 Awakened at 0630. Briefing at 0800. Takeoff at 1000. Takeoff postponed because of rain. 0945 red flares indicating the mission was scrubbed. Went back to bed. Reported to Operations at 1730. Crew received a briefing on a new fire bomb called "Napalm." It sticks to whatever it touches and burns like hell. The bomb casing is a P-51 drop tank. We are not to bring these back and they cannot be salvoed through the bomb bay doors. It burns so fast and hot that it takes the oxygen out of the air and puts carbon monoxide into the air causing suffocation. Could it be classified as a gas bomb? The big question is if, when and where will we deliver these bombs?

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Combat Mission

Pointe de Grave, 33123 Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France 14 April 1945 Target: Pointe de Grave, France Naval gun emplacements at the entrance of the Gironde River leading to Bordeaux. Max load of four 2,000 lb. GP bombs. Take off at 0640. Estimated time of return of 1420 hours. Bombing visual at 14,000 feet. No need for fighter escort. I guess the Germans didn't read the "surrender" leaflets we dropped a couple of weeks ago.
Edgerton, WI 53534, USA
Colorado Springs, CO, USA

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Don Goede War Diary
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p345

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