Walter Loraine Johnson

Military
media-16255.jpeg UPL 16255 Crew #774
Walter L. Johnson Crew
466th BG - 774th BS

Standing Left to Right: Arthur L. Rivkin (CP), Walter R. Johnson (P), Stanford Goldberg (N)

Kneeling Left to Right: Livingston Andre (G), Gilbert M. Widdowson (G), Conrad J. Sedlak (R/O), Harry Goldstein (FE), Frank M. Boyce (G), Francis C. Main (G)

466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16255 - Crew #774 Walter L. Johnson Crew 466th BG - 774th BS Standing Left to Right: Arthur L. Rivkin (CP), Walter R. Johnson (P), Stanford Goldberg...

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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

Livingston St Claire Andre

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Frank M Boyce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

42-50368

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Delores Jean
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

44-40253

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard Luck
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 862nd 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Iola, KS 66749, USA 7 June 1923

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 20 November 1944 - 21 April 1945 Completed 25 combat missions

Died

Springfield, MO, USA 10 June 2005

Buried

Springfield, MO, USA 14 June 2005 Springfield National Cemetery Springfield Greene County Missouri, USA Plot: Sect J Gr 305

Other

Graduated

Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Doctorate of Sociology Yale University
Iola, KS 66749, USA 215 N. 3rd Street

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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 & Brassfield, page 347

Walter Loraine Johnson: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 16255 - Crew #774 Walter L. Johnson Crew 466th BG - 774th...

Object number: UPL 16271 - Walter Loraine Johnson Pilot - Crew #774 466th BG...

Object number: UPL 6389 - B-24H-25-CF #42-50368 "Delores Jean" 466th BG -...