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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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions, starting 22 April 1944 and ending 16 July 1944
DFC/ Air Medal
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
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...
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Born | Denver, CO | 10 October 1920 |
Lived in | Omaha, NE, USA | 1942 |
2453 Whitmore Street |
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Died | Palm Desert, CA, USA | 10 August 1999 |
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05 June 2019 19:00:18 | tholmes1999 | Changes to events |
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05 June 2019 18:59:27 | tholmes1999 | Changes to events |
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05 June 2019 17:19:35 | tholmes1999 | Changes to awards |
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05 June 2019 17:18:29 | tholmes1999 | Changes to events |
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05 June 2019 17:12:56 | tholmes1999 | Changes to awards |
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Military record and report of separation certificate of service. Certificate of Valor. |
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05 June 2019 17:08:38 | tholmes1999 | Changes to nickname |
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His son. |
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05 June 2019 17:07:58 | tholmes1999 | Changes to service number |
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Military record and report of separation of service. |
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17 December 2014 02:02:22 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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27 September 2014 18:11:25 | 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 & Brassfield, page 347 |