Crew #624
Samuel E. Godwin Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gilbert A. Holmes (N), Leonard M. Glass (B), Samuel E. Godwin (P), Warren W. Vest (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph D. Sheehan, Dwight T. Shea (G), Robert F. Hancock, Thomas M. Dewlaney, Joseph F. Catapano, Charles C. McNeil
Connections
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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...
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People
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Flew 32 missions, starting 22 April 1944 and ending 16 July 1944
DFC/ Air Medal
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer (?)
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Locations
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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...