Harry L Crouse

Military
media-36265.jpeg UPL 36265 Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: John Callahan (R/O), Ewing Burdette (WG), Doug Daugherty (BTG), Fernando Augusto (TG), Robert J. Weber (FE), Roy E. Morris (WG)

Not in photo: Richard Van Munster (CP), Charles Parrett (B) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 36265 - Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P) Kneeling Left to Right: ...

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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

John Edward Callahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 306857228
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Michael Gogol

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard C Van Munster

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-715874
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Missions

674

  • Date: 12 October 1944

545

  • Date: 12 August 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

Somerset, PA 15501, USA 12 May 1921

Other

Forced to Ditch

English Channel, 40 miles due west of The Hague 12 August 1944 Expertly ditched B-24H #41-29413 "Our Baby" in the English Channel allowing all 10 crew to successfully escape the sinking a/c. Unfortunately the co-pilot and radio operator drifted away from the rest of the group before they could be rescued.

Died

Somerset, PA 15501, USA 31 October 1958

Buried

Somerset, PA 15501, USA 3 November 1958 Husband Cemetery Somerset Somerset County Pennsylvania, USA
Pitcairn, PA, USA 444 3rd St.

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough, Page 105
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96817205

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough, Page 105
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96817205

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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 344

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