Oliver Pegues Whittington III

Military
media-37336.jpeg UPL 37336 Captain Oliver P. Whittington III
Group Armament Officer
466th Bomb Group

Photo provided by his son

Object Number - UPL 37336 - Captain Oliver P. Whittington III Group Armament Officer 466th Bomb Group

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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

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

Smith County, TX, USA 19 December 1916

Enlisted

Sherman, TX, USA 5 June 1942 Perrin AAF

Died

Houston, TX, USA 28 April 1997

Buried

Houston, TX, USA 1 May 1997 Forest Park Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA
Tyler, TX, USA 1512 East Front Street

Revisions

Date
ContributorGary Whittington
Changes
Sources

I am his son. He was not Australian by any means, but an American like everyone else. I think this was simply an input error because Australian is the second nationality in the drop down menu.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=whittington&GSfn=…;
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1495823

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