41-29402 Mad Monk
![A B-24 Liberator (T9-D, serial number 41-29240) of the 466th Bomb Group released bombs over the target. Image stamped on reverse: 'Restricted, For personal use only.' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 dropping bombs, The Mad March.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg/public/freeman/media-380745.jpg.webp?itok=VqvietZV)
Object Number - FRE 1939 - A B-24 Liberator (T9-D, serial number 41-29402) of the 466th Bomb Group released bombs over the target. Image stamped on reverse: 'Restricted, For...
hit trees while taking off from Attlebridge 25 Jul 1944 and crashlanded at Swanton-Morley; condemned for salvage
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Units served with

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 23722312
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18097992
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35634640
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33557130
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-123053
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 17 March 1944 | Suffered a nose wheel collapse. Repaired and returned to service |
Other First 466th BG Combat Mission |
Oschersleben, Germany | 11 April 1944 | |
Crashed |
Swanton Morley, Dereham NR20, UK | 25 July 1944 | Crash landed after hitting trees on take off with the Ritter Crew (Crew #642) |
Other Named |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | Named "Mad Monk" by pilot Wescot B. Stone after some sail boats he had raced prior to the war. |
Revisions
466th BG Archives - Letter from Wes Stone to Earl Wassom
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough, page 94
www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum
www.aviationarchaeology.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum
466th BG Historian
466th BG Archives - Chris Brassfield