Claude V Meconis

Military
media-22757.jpeg UPL 22757 1LT Claude Meconis
Co-PIlot
Crew #504 - Malcolm Dike Crew

Meconis completed a 32 mission combat tour. He was an original member of the 466th BG and kept a detailed diary that sheds much light on the first few months of combat for the 466th BG 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 22757 - 1LT Claude Meconis Co-PIlot Crew #504 - Malcolm Dike Crew Meconis completed a 32 mission combat tour. He was an original member of the 466th BG...

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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

Aircraft

41-29387

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Snafu Snark - Snark
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

42-52524

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Lemon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95268) nicknamed "Penthouse for Ten" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24, 466 BG Attlebridge.'

42-95268

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Penthouse for Ten
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th 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

7 July 1918

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 23 March 1944 - 24 July 1944

Died

Seattle, WA, USA 24 August 2010
Grand Rapids, MI, USA 1516 Hamilton Road

Revisions

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Mac was my boss at Litton Industries, Inc. He was Corporate Director of Public Relations & Advertising.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Chris Brassfield

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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 348

Claude V Meconis: Gallery (4 items)

A bomber crew of the 466th Bomb Group with their shark mouth B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29387) nicknamed "The Snafu Snark". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo taken of the "SNARK" and crew 504 of 785th Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, on arrival at Attlebridge, England on Feb 25 1944. Top Row (left to right) Malcolm O Dike, Pilot, Claude V Meconis, co-pilot, William L Brooks, Navigator, Harold K Miller, bombardier, Julian R Thomspn, engineer. Bottom row (left to right) J

Object number: FRE 1966 - Crew #504 Malcolm O. Dike Crew 466th BG - 785th BS...

Object number: UPL 18896 - Awards ceremony at Attlebridge, circa May 1944...

Object number: UPL 22757 - 1LT Claude Meconis Co-PIlot Crew #504 - Malcolm...

Object number: UPL 6384 - B-24H-15-CF #41-29387 "Snafu Snark" Code: 2U-B...