Samuel Godwin
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions, starting 22 April 1944 and ending 16 July 1944
DFC/ Air Medal
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Dwight Thomas Shea Jr
Military
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Crew #624 Samuel E. Godwin Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Gilbert A. Holmes (N), Leonard M. Glass (B), Samuel E. Godwin (P), Warren W. Vest (CP) Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph D. Sheehan, Dwight T. Shea (G), Robert F. Hancock, Thomas M. Dewlaney, Joseph F. Catapano, Charles C. McNeil
Service
People
Units served with
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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... -
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Colorado, USA | 2 December 1922 |
| Lived in | Denver, CO, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Denver, CO, USA | 15 February 1943 |
| Died | Colorado, USA | 25 November 2011 |
| Buried | Fort Logan National Cemetery, 3698 South Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, CO 80235, USA | 28 November 2011 |
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Fort Logan National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 February 2015 21:56:54 | 466thHistorian | Changes to awards |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 February 2015 21:55:47 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, role, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:50 | 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 and Brassfield, page 350 |
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