Albert J Taft
MilitaryShot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 42-52569 'Lovely Lady', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12137007
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18176834
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11041571
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35644785
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698457
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lovely Lady
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dash Point, Washington | 2 August 1914 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 24 March 1944 - 9 April 1944 | |
Died |
Pacific, Washington | 15 December 2002 | |
Dayton, OH, USA | 60 Hall Avenue | ||
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | Stalag Luft I | |
Kelso, Washington |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a "-" to the S/N.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3844 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database