42-52610 The Madame

media-7279.jpeg UPL 7279 Crew #702
John A. Jakab Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D

Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G), Manuel Perry (B), Donald W. Troy (N), Rod G Darelius (CP), John A. Jakab (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: James A. Gribble (G), Ralph S. Grace (G), Elmer C. Ulmholz (FE), Frank W. Snyder (R/O), Arthur C. Kelly (G)

Everyone except Gribble completed a 30 mission tour. Gribble flew as a replacement gunner with the Flynn Crew - Crew #711 on a mission where they were forced to land in Switzerland due to battle damage.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7279 - Crew #702 John A. Jakab Crew 466th BG - 787th BS B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G),...

Mission 291

350 B-24s are dispatched to aviation industry targets in Brunswick.



1944-04-08 - MACR #: 3847

Notes: 52610 (466th BG) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3847



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Alex P Lugosi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36631214
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Russell R Medico

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

David P O'Rear

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39194395
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Lewis Wayne Straw

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13083713
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Wallace Louis Tyner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 686512
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944 Shot down near Brunswick with the Kenneth Kessenger Crew - Crew #616. Six POW and four KIA.

Revisions

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ContributorBrad Sullivan
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http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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466th BG Archives

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 3847 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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