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B-24H-15-CF #41-29350 "Spare Parts" Code: 2U-W
466th BG - 785th BS
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B-24H-15-CF, serial number 41-29350
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Crew #513
John C. Lewis Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Norman F. Miller (B), Richard G. Sponaugle (R/O), Thomas J. Roberts (WG), Albert E. Crittenden (TG), unidentified, John C. Lewis (P/CP), William Howard Handy (FE), Zane F. Riley (BTG), George W. Lumpkin(CP/P), Elmer L. Smith (NG)
This crew completed a 30 mission tour. Lewis was Pilot for the first 18 missions then switched roles with Lumpkin, who then lead the crew the final 12 missions.
P/CP Lewis is misidentified in the above caption. He is sixth from left in the photo.
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Crew #535
Edward F. Kaspshak Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward F. Kaspshak (P), Peter P. Igoe (N), Thomas Baker (B), James J. Ruzicka (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Russell Jackson (R/O), Robert D. Fox (LWG), Louis J. McCarville (FE), Peter Guiegello (TG), Lawrence M. Brunstrom (BTG), Gene Carroll (RWG)
This crew was shot down on their 14th combat mission, 18 July 1944. Kaspshak, Ruzicka, Igoe and McCarville were all KIA.
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MACR 8163
41-29350
"Spare Parts"
466th BG | 785th BS
18 Jul 1944
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B-24H-15-CF #41-29350 "Spare Parts" Code: 2U-W 466th BG - 785th BS
B-24 41-29350 was lost on 18 July 18 1944 over France. The aircraft took a direct hit by flak in the bomb bay while leaving the target, severing the control cables and forcing the pilots to attempt to ditch in the Channel off the coast of France. Four of the crew were killed in the crash, four were injured. All the survivors were taken prisoner.
Crew:
2nd Lt. Edward F. Kaspshak - pilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. James J. Ruzicka - copilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. Peter P. Igoe - navigator (KIA)
2nd Lt. Thomas E. Baker - bombardier (POW)
T/Sgt. Russell L. Jackson - radio operator (WIA, POW)
T/Sgt. Louis J. McCarville - engineer/top turret (KIA)
S/Sgt. Gene L. Carroll - ball turret gunner (WIA, POW)
S/Sgt. Lawrence M. Brustrom - right waist gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Robert D. Fox - left waist gunner (WIA, POW)
S/Sgt. Pete D. Giughello - tail gunner (WIA, POW)
Service
Units
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Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
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People
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed into English Channel on 7/18/44 in B-24 'Spare Parts' #41-29350, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 35 missions beginning March 1944 through D-Day
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into Baltic on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into English Channel on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350
POW
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD). Appointed Assistant Squadron Adjutant.
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Missions
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22 March 1944
The German aviation industries at Oraneinburg and Basdorf were the intended primary target for this mission but dense cloud cover prevented the attack on these targets. The secondary target of Berlin, Germany and surrounding Targets of Opportunity (TOs...
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18 July 1944
Flew an easy one over Denmark to Germany. Only had one hours sleep between yesterday and today.
Places
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Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
Event |
Location |
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First 466th BG Combat Mission |
Berlin, Germany |
22 March 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Mont Saint-Michel, France |
18 July 1944 |
may have flown into cluster bombs from another group a/c. Ditched just off shore.
Kaspshak Crew
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