Bigby C Parrott
Military
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UPL 6364
Crew #474 - 466th BG - 784th BS
Bigby Parrott Crew
Standing Left to Right: Bigby Parrott (P), Eugene Drebert (N), Regis O'Rourke (RN), Fred Marshall (E), Elmer Horne (TG), Charles Conner (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Irbin Bailey (CP), John Morse (B), George Hort (R/O), Raymond Smith (WG), Albert Paschale (NG)
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J H2X equipped lead aircraft
Bigby Parrott Crew
Standing Left to Right: Bigby Parrott (P), Eugene Drebert (N), Regis O'Rourke (RN), Fred Marshall (E), Elmer Horne (TG), Charles Conner (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Irbin Bailey (CP), John Morse (B), George Hort (R/O), Raymond Smith (WG), Albert Paschale (NG)
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J H2X equipped lead aircraft
466th BG Archives
Completed a 30 mission tour. Originally with the 785th BS, the crew was trained as a lead crew and transferred to the 784th BS to complete their tour.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Chris Crate II
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Slick Chick
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 18 March 1945
- Date: 17 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
6 June 1917 | ||
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 10 January 1942 | |
Died |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 5 November 2001 | |
Buried |
Shawnee, OK, USA | 8 November 2001 | Fairview Cemetery Shawnee Pottawatomie County Oklahoma, USA |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 1446 West 32nd Street OKC, OK |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349