Gordon W Morehead

Military

Shot down 20 July 1944 in B-24 #42-95117, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

James L Monahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1285625
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29352

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wolves Lair
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

42-95117

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: You Cant Take It With You!
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

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

Crookston, Minnesota, USA 20 October 1920

Other

458th BG Combat Tour

Horsham St. Faith, Airfield 28 May 1944 - 29 July 1944

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 25 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 Stalag Luft I dates are approximate

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 24 November 1997

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Diest, Belgium 20 July 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8825/41912_329335-02786?pid=100955…
https://www.458bg.com/crewaa116monahan

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7255 / MACR 7255& Page 358 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database