William Anderson
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
MACR 7381. B-24 AC # 41-29387 'THE SNARK'. AC put through violent actions to avoid flak on mission on 8 Aug 1944. 4 crewman bailed out and were captured. Remaining crew returned to England, but forced to crash land at Manston. RTD.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
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
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
23 March 1944
The industrial areas of Brunswick, Munster, Osnabruck, and Achmer, Germany as well as the airfield at Handorf, Germany become the targets for a force of 768 heavy bombers despatched by all three Air Divisions. The bomber gunner claims on German...
27 March 1944
This mission might be likened to a "shotgun blast" as a combined force 714 heavy bombers are despatched form all three Air Divisions to attack 11 different German airfields and air depots in France. Mission summary follows:
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22 April 1944
27 April 1944
28 May 1944
13 July 1944
18 July 1944
Flew an easy one over Denmark to Germany. Only had one hours sleep between yesterday and today.
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...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Saline County, KS, USA | 16 March 1917 |
Lived in | Pratt City, Birmingham, AL 35214, USA | 1942 |
1400 2nd Street |
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Died | Orange County, FL, USA | 8 July 1985 |
Buried | Bay Pines, FL, USA | 11 July 1985 |
Bay Pines National Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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30 May 2017 15:09:14 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, events and aircraft associations |
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research by genealogist Marcia Melnyk |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
31 January 2015 03:55:10 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
31 January 2015 03:53:58 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:07:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 & Brassford, page 343 |