44-40067 Big Fat Mama
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466th BG - 786th BS
James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654
Standing Left to Right: Herman J. Juneau (LWG), John Loeper (N), Edwin J. McGinty (CP), Merrill G. Bradlee (RWG), Eugene E. Dillinger (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Seymour Kopels (TG), James B. Carter (P), Ralph T. McGrath (R/O), Ward W. Hauenstein (FE), Leslie V. Fossey (NG) 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 16193 - B-24J-145-CO #44-40067 "Big Fat Mama" 466th BG - 786th BS James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 Standing Left to Right: Herman J. Juneau (LWG), John...
Original aircraft for the 856th BS, 492nd BG. Total Missions with the 492nd BG: 35. Total WWII Missions: unknown Transferred to 466th BG, 579th BS, 786th BS Flew missions between 30 Aug 44 - 11 Sep 44, then declared war weary 8 Oct 44: take-off accident, repaired Transferred to 93rd BG, 328th BS Scheduled to fly on 24 Dec 44 mission but was scrubbed Used as a weather ship in 1945
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Units served with
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16031290
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36294811
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32775614
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810948
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17162149
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
Missions
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 1st 492nd BG Combat Mission |
Mulhouse, France | 11 May 1944 | |
Other Final (64th) 492nd BG Combat Mission |
Brunswick, Germany | 5 August 1944 | |
Other 1st 466th BG Combat Mission |
Villers l'Hopital, France | 30 August 1944 | |
Other Final 466th BG Combat Mission |
Magdeburg, Germany | 11 September 1944 |