David Cahill
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot/Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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John E Kerr
Military
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Crew #680 Thomas M. Dilworth Crew B-24J-150-CO #44-40173 "Our Baby" Standing Left to Right: Gerald Cardon (CP), Walter H. Ortel (N), Thomas M. Dilworth (P), Eugene V. Nichols (G) Kneeling Left to Right: John E. Kerr (G), Bernie E. Miller (G), Jay E. Pittsley (R/O), Gear G. Ellison (G) Dilworth got on the wrong side of Colonel Jacobowitz when on a training flight in a driving snow storm he crash landed a brand new B-24. As a result he was "demoted" to co-pilot for 6 missions and assigned to the Paul Evans Crew. Evans co-pilot, David Cahill flew as Pilot with Dilworth's crew. After 6 missions in Jake's "purgatory", Dilworth got his crew back.
Service
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
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... -
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-10558 Ma's Lil' Angel
B-24 Liberator
B-24 44-10558 was given to a crew of the 491st Bomb Group. Assuming it would become their regular aircraft, the right waist gunner, David Redfern painted the aircraft (with the support of the crew) with the nose art of 'Ma's 'Lil' Angel'. ...
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New Castle, PA, USA | 24 June 1920 |
| Lived in | Little Beaver Township, PA, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 28 October 1943 |
| Died | New Castle, PA, USA | 17 January 2007 |
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Wife: Exie "Pat" M. Hughes on Nov. 21, 1945. She died Sept. 19, 2003. John served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II. He was employed by George K. Garrett Company and Union Sharp All. He belonged to the Ellwood City Rod and Gun Club and South Hills Pentecostal Church. His hobbies were hunting and fishing |
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| Buried | 20 January 2007 | |
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Graceland Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 02 December 2015 02:03:40 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 December 2015 01:52:39 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 January 2015 02:52:26 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 January 2015 02:43:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role and person associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 347 |
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