41-29434 Terry & The Pirates

Object Number - UPL 7040 - Lt. Len Smith (Left) & Lt. Lou Loevsky (Right) standing beside the tail of a destroyed German a/c after being liberated from Stalag Luft III - April...
Mission 273 MACR #: 3492
196 of 214 B-24s bomb Berlin and 1 bombs Heide
Notes: 41-29434 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Mar 22, 1944. MACR 3492
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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
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37652358
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31304703
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13092380
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19139967
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698451
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x1/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=zrwlFJhE)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 22 March 1944 |
Revisions
Conformed block data element.
Corrected AAF a/c s/n in text to facilitate search function.
AAM
Joe Baugher US Aircraft Serial Numbers - http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
466th BG Historian
Chris Brassfield
MACR 3492 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database