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/freeman/media-380745.jpg)
466th BG Historian
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
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources
466th BG Archives - Letter from Wes Stone to Earl Wassom
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough, page 94
ContributorBill Morris
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources
www.b24bestweb.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum
ContributorBill Morris
ChangesChanges to description
Sources
www.aviationarchaeology.com via Fort Worth Aviation Museum
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesCreated entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations
Sources
466th BG Archives - Chris Brassfield