Grant A Patten

Military
media-6884.jpeg UPL 6884 Lt. Grant Patton
466th BG - 786th BS
Bombardier
Crew #602 - Thomas Czapko Crew
Completed a 30 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6884 - Lt. Grant Patton 466th BG - 786th BS Bombardier Crew #602 - Thomas Czapko Crew Completed a 30 mission tour

Completed a 30 combat mission tour flying as Navigator on Crew #602 - Thomas Czapko Crew

One of the original crews of the 466th BG

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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

Thomas Joseph Czapko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684293
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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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 DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349

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