Ewing M Burnette

Military
media-36265.jpeg UPL 36265 Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: John Callahan (R/O), Ewing Burdette (WG), Doug Daugherty (BTG), Fernando Augusto (TG), Robert J. Weber (FE), Roy E. Morris (WG)

Not in photo: Richard Van Munster (CP), Charles Parrett (B) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 36265 - Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P) Kneeling Left to Right: ...

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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

Harry L Crouse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29413

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Our Baby
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th 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

Event Location Date Description

Born

Robertson County, Tennessee 16 February 1922

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN 13 March 1943 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Other

Survived the ditching of his B-24

approximately 40 miles east of The Hague, Netherlands 14 August 1944 Survived when his B-24 was forced to ditch approximately 40 miles west of The Hague.

Died

Indianapolis, Indiana 7 September 1985

Buried

Fishers, Indiana 10 September 1985 Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Plot Sec-SM Lot-143D Sp-3

Revisions

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ContributorPegburnette
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This is my father-in-law. These awards are listed on his Honorable Discharge papers. Our family was thrilled to come across information. Thank you for preserving history.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/44494_351910-00419?pid=24204…
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/39/?name=Ewing+_Burnette&bir…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129593403

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.446bg.com/

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