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SSGT David C. Messer Ball Turret Gunner Forest M. Musgrave Crew - Crew #508 466th BG - 785th BS
Flew at least 7 missions with the 466th BG as BTG on the Forest M. Musgrave Crew
Flew only 1 mission with 44th BG then transferred to 15th AF
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Pilot of Crew #508, one of the original complement of crews that deployed with the 466th BG - 785th BS. Completed 7 missions with the 466th BG then transferred to the 44th BG for lead crew training.
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Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
There was an operational mission to Brunswick this day, and all of the aircraft returned safely. But the 66th Squadron lost an aircraft and two crewmen killed in an apparent unrelated incident.
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Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | Erwin, NC, USA | 1942 |
| Died | Sterling City, TX 76951, USA | 25 May 1955 |
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Killed in crash of B36J #52-2818 of the 6th BW. All 14 on board were KIA. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 January 2015 23:36:53 | 466thHistorian | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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44th BG newsletter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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