Perry J Snyder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17217.jpeg UPL 17217 SSGT Perry J. Snyder
Right Waist Gunner
Crew #413 - Harry E. Sturdevant Crew
KIA - 10 April 1944

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17217 - SSGT Perry J. Snyder Right Waist Gunner Crew #413 - Harry E. Sturdevant Crew KIA - 10 April 1944

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252516 'Virgin Sturgeon. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

Harry E Sturdevant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751049
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52516

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Virgin Sturgeon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

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

Cooperstown, New York, USA 14 October 1918

Enlisted

Utica, NY, USA 23 December 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

in the vicinity of Münstedt, 31246 Ilsede, Germany 8 April 1944

Buried

Lemay, MO, USA Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA Plot: SECTION 84 SITE 64-66

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3796 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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