Glen H Alexander

Military
media-14472.jpeg UPL 14472 Crew # 647 & 460
Glen H. Alexander Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons

Top Row Left to Right: Lowell K. Halls (B), Clifton B. Stauff (N), Glen H. Alexander (P), Melvin Robison (TG), Arthur M. Parks (R/O)
Bottom Row Left to Right: William J. Deal (TT), Earl Daughman (G), Harry Tootell (FE), Sol Gorlitsky (G), Leonard A. Pierce (CP)

This crew was lead by Alexander for 14 missions. Alexander was then promoted to a squadron staff position and R.C. Moore took over and lead them from 30 October 1944 on.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14472 - Crew # 647 & 460 Glen H. Alexander Crew 466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Top Row Left to Right: Lowell K. Halls (B), Clifton B. Stauff...

Lead Crew Squadron Operations Officer

AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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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

Earl Daughman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Solomon Gorlitsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32421543
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Lowell K Halls

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Arthur M Parks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16144781
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Leonard A Pierce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-814541
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

41-29366

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-50305

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly Commando
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-24 Liberator (T9-Z, serial number 42-50488) nicknamed "Polaris II" of the 466th Bomb Group. The propellor of the aircraft lies a short distance away from the wing. First handwritten caption on reverse: '2/1/45 B-24 250488, 466.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '466 BG Attlebridge, Norfolk PFF A/C repaired and used by 785 BS on 189 mission 25/2/45.'

42-50488

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron

42-52527

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Reliable Babe
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-95511

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Too
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Missions

693

  • Date: 30 October 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

667

  • Date: 6 October 1944

623

  • Date: 11 September 1944

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

Chatham, Illinois 27 August 1921

Other

Mission

Ludwigshafen, Germany 31 July 1944 Ceiling was practically in the ground. We seemed to hit the soup as soon as we pulled off the runway. Visibility was barely a mile. We bombed from 25,000 feet. Temperature was -30C. Heavy flak, but we caught none of it (or so I thought). Parks (R/O) oxygen mask came disconnected over the target while he was holding the bomb bay doors open. I looked around and saw him weaving over the doors with no chute on. I jumped out of my seat to grab him and I was exhausted by the time I reached him. We both laid on the flight deck half conscious while we each signaled to the other that we were okay. Tootell (FE) finally came up from the waist to see why the bomb bay doors were still open. He found us some walk around bottles and we both soon came around. We made an instrument let down with about an 800 foot ceiling. Broke out right over Swanton Morley airfield and split the field in half. I found out later that our tail turret power system had been knocked out by flak. - Glen H. Alexander from the book "Attlebridge Arsenal"

Died

Springfield, IL, USA 16 June 2016
Chatham, IL, USA

Revisions

Date6 Apr 2020 19:44:10
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ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

466th BG Archives - Mission Report for 22October 1944
NARA document research provided by Brad Sullivan

Date21 Jun 2016 14:47:04
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sj-r/obituary.aspx?n=glen-herbert-alex…

Date4 Apr 2015 02:26:26
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
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466th BG Historian

Date4 Apr 2015 02:25:40
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
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466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:29
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ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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