Alex P Lugosi Jr

Military
media-7279.jpeg UPL 7279 Crew #702
John A. Jakab Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D

Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G), Manuel Perry (B), Donald W. Troy (N), Rod G Darelius (CP), John A. Jakab (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: James A. Gribble (G), Ralph S. Grace (G), Elmer C. Ulmholz (FE), Frank W. Snyder (R/O), Arthur C. Kelly (G)

Everyone except Gribble completed a 30 mission tour. Gribble flew as a replacement gunner with the Flynn Crew - Crew #711 on a mission where they were forced to land in Switzerland due to battle damage.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7279 - Crew #702 John A. Jakab Crew 466th BG - 787th BS B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G),...

Originally a member of the John Jakab Crew. Lugosi was shot down and captured while flying with the Carl Hitchcock Crew on 29 April 1944



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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

John A Jakab

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • 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

42-52610

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

Missions

327

  • Date: 29 April 1944

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

Chicago, IL, USA 11 November 1921

Died

Dolton, IL, USA 1 March 1984

Other

Shot Down/Crash Landed/Captured

Apeldoorn, Netherlands 29 April 1944 Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4128754 'Tell Me More. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=88804
http://death-records.mooseroots.com/?launch_filters=%5B%7B%22field%22%3…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4447 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 7279 - Crew #702 John A. Jakab Crew 466th BG - 787th BS B...