Thaddeus William Tedrowe

Military
media-30111.jpeg UPL 30111 Thaddeus Tedrowe in later years at the controls of his ultra-light aircraft.

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Object Number - UPL 30111 - Thaddeus Tedrowe in later years at the controls of his ultra-light aircraft.

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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

Jerome Leve

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693563
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Irvin D Mintz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11050850
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alfred F Orlando

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32326982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

41-29353

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

Missions

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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 14 April 1920

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN 10 November 1941 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 April 1944 - 15 May 1945

Died

Tampa, FL, USA 30 June 1998 Thaddeus William Tedrowe, was a decorated World War II bomber pilot and a prisoner of war. After receiving his MBA from the University of South Florida, Thaddeus taught accounting and finance courses at Saint Leo in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and later became the head of the school’s business division. He was instrumental in making the Saint Leo military education program a reality at the Avon Park Bombing Range in 1973 and later at MacDill Air Force Base. After retiring in 1981, he regularly visited colleagues at the school and would fly his ultra-light plane into the Bowl to deliver his yearly donation
Ballast Point, Tampa, FL 33611, USA

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 3839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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