Russell D McNair

Military
media-7039.jpeg UPL 7039

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 7039

Flew 30 combat missions



DFC/Air Medal w 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ European Campaign, 2 stars.

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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944
  • Date: 13 April 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Elizabeth, New Jersey 15 July 1919

Enlisted

Newark, NJ, USA 17 March 1941

Died

Kenilworth, NJ, USA 17 March 2006

Buried

Kenilworth, NJ, USA 20 March 2006 Graceland Memorial Park 1900 Galloping Hill Road Kenilworth, NJ
Elizabeth, NJ, USA 15 Elmore Avenue

Enlisted

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466th BG Archives - List of Operational Missions provided by Russell McNair

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Attlebridge Arsenal, Zeigler Crew #614
Painting of U8-M Laden Maid in Attleborough Visitors' Center listing the names of the original crew on a plaque

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Russ McNair papers
466th BG Archives

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 self

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