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Crew #505 Michael C. Hoover Crew Standing Left to Right: James A. Morton (FE/TT), Alexander L. Suto (CP), Michael C. Hoover (P), Edward S. Kozon (N), Arthur M. Roberts (B), Edmond A. Turcotte (TG) Kneeling Left to Right: Edward J. Emli (BTG), Raymond W. Ahaus (WG), Chester L. Horvath (NG), Harold C. Reid (R/O) This crew completed a 32 mission tour, having to fly two extra because of a replacement crew shortage.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 30 missions, many on 'The Lemon'
DFC/ Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ American Campaign Medal/ WW II Victory Medal/ Armed Forces Reserve Medal/ 2 Battle Stars
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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
"unknown to the crew, our B-24 had a serious defect. We discovered on a practice mission with the group that our B-24 was slow and could not at any practical power setting, keep up with the other B-24's in the formation. This observation met with...
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Indiana, USA | 7 May 1907 |
| Enlisted | Louisville, KY, USA | 12 October 1942 |
| Died | Lawrenceburg, IN, USA | 8 January 1985 |
| Buried | Greendale, IN, USA | 12 January 1985 |
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Greendale Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 February 2015 02:45:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 February 2015 02:42:51 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:14 | 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 & Brassford |
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