42-95361 Glad Ta See Ya

media-17811.jpeg UPL 17811 B-24H-25-FO #42-95361 "Glad Ta See Ya" Code: 6L-H
466th BG - 787th BS
466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17811 - B-24H-25-FO #42-95361 "Glad Ta See Ya" Code: 6L-H 466th BG - 787th BS

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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?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-362591
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Executive Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-710552
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39693425
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820717
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36461907
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

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).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Missions

  • Date: 6 October 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

First 466th BG Combat Mission

06711 Zeitz, Germany 28 May 1944

Crashed

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944 Destroyed in a mid air collision on a practice mission.

Revisions

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Sources

466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough

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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Attlebridge Arsenal

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Attlebridge Arsensal - Brassfield & Wassom 2005

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