Alvin E Berg

Military

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Howard F Fisher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802098
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: PIlot

Aircraft

42-94929

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pine City, MN 55063, USA 20 May 1916

Enlisted

New Cumberland, PA 17070, USA 10 November 1942

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 22 March 1944 - 20 June 1944 Completed 27 combat missions

Other

Crash Landed

Ashford, UK 20 June 1944 Berg was wounded by flak and/or the crash landing of his aircraft at RAF Ashford

Other

Discharged from active service

Rantoul, IL 61866, USA 5 October 1945 Chanute AAF

Died

1 October 1994
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

corrected date of death

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, role, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3147/41226_2421406274_0721-02298?p…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=251282…
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 91

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343