Thomas J McCue

Military
media-17047.jpeg UPL 17047 Crew #767
Richard E. Huyck Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward (CP), Tom Hicks (R/O), Richard Huyck (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: George Vazna (TG), Hudson Coombs (TTG), Tom McCue (NG), Ralph Welch (WG)

This crew completed 30 combat mission before the end of hostilities.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17047 - Crew #767 Richard E. Huyck Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward...

Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28754 'Tell Me More'. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

Carl Edward Hitchcock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 664597
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28754

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tell Me More
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th 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

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 24 November 1942 New York, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 29 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Forced landed

Apeldoorn, Netherlands 29 April 1944 Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28754 'Tell Me More'. POW.
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

New York, USA

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 4447;
- 466th BG Historian

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http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=92379

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28645068

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MACR 4447 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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