Herbert Malkin
Military
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UPL 17357
Crew #546/471
Robert A. Harken Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Unidentified Person (PN), Robert Hosek (CP), William Graves (B), Robert A. Harken (P), Gordon Currie (N), John C. Murphy (RN)
Kneeling Left to Right: Herbert Malkin (FE), William Kummerer (WG), Joseph Edwards (BTG/TG), Daniel Cahalane (R/O), Lucian McMullin (WG)
Missing from photo - Samuel Estes (TG) - Estes was KIA on 4 December 1944 due to a loss of oxygen to the tail gunner position.
John C. Murphy flew as radar navigator on several lead crews. He was KIA with the Farrington Crew on 21 April 1945. The rest of the crew completed a 30 mission combat tour, 10 of those being lead crew missions with the 784th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Robert A. Harken Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Unidentified Person (PN), Robert Hosek (CP), William Graves (B), Robert A. Harken (P), Gordon Currie (N), John C. Murphy (RN)
Kneeling Left to Right: Herbert Malkin (FE), William Kummerer (WG), Joseph Edwards (BTG/TG), Daniel Cahalane (R/O), Lucian McMullin (WG)
Missing from photo - Samuel Estes (TG) - Estes was KIA on 4 December 1944 due to a loss of oxygen to the tail gunner position.
John C. Murphy flew as radar navigator on several lead crews. He was KIA with the Farrington Crew on 21 April 1945. The rest of the crew completed a 30 mission combat tour, 10 of those being lead crew missions with the 784th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Times A Wastin
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Same Ole Crap
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Falcon
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jennie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
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Sources
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, page 348