Joe B Dobbs

Military
media-28901.jpeg UPL 28901 SSGT Joe B. Dobbs
Left Waist Gunner
John Fouts Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Shot down 8 April 1944.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 28901 - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Left Waist Gunner John Fouts Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Shot down 8 April 1944.

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52480. Prisoner of War (POW). 

POW

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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 Thomas Fouts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-122287
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52580

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

Missions

510

  • Date: 2 August 1944

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

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

17 January 1923

Died

28 March 2002

Buried

31 March 2002 Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring Howard County Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 April 1944 Stalag 17B

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

466th BG Historian
Kyle Parker - Grandson

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1586748
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dobbs&GSfn=J&GSb…;
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=59732

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3842 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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