Howard Skow Lindhart

Military

Pilot of Crew #643

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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

Aircraft

42-51352

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

42-95609

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

Missions

741

  • Date: 6 December 1944

682

  • Date: 18 October 1944

676

  • Date: 14 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

Humboldt, IA 12 February 1916

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 28 July 1944 - 29 December 1944 24 missions with the 786th BS 7 missions as lead crew with the 784th BS

Died

Austin, TX, USA 14 June 1999
Boone, IA 50036, USA 1204 Monoma Street
Austin, TX, USA Bsrton Hills Drive

Revisions

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=402316…

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Report on Mission No 150- Bielefeld, Germany - 6 December 1944

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/160252123/person/35211…

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http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/160231880/Howard-S-Lindhart
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, pages 330, 332, 337

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466th BG Historian

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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 & Brassfield, page 347