Herschel Francis Stripe

Military
media-16146.jpeg UPL 16146 LT Herschel F. Stripe
Navigator - Crew #419/639
Wallace A. Mason Crew 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16146 - LT Herschel F. Stripe Navigator - Crew #419/639 Wallace A. Mason Crew

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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

Wallace A Mason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-664214
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52509

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aint Mis Behavin
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

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

23 November 1921

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 22 March 1944 - 21 July 1944 Completed 30 combat missions

Buried

Rock Island, IL, USA 9 December 1975 Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island Rock Island County Illinois, USA Plot: N - 1254
Little York, IL 61453, USA

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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 351

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