Jack E Eckles

Military
media-13137.jpeg UPL 13137 LT Jack E. Eckles
Co-Pilot
Crew #403 - John C. Frazier Crew
466th BG - 784th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 13137 - LT Jack E. Eckles Co-Pilot Crew #403 - John C. Frazier Crew 466th BG - 784th BS

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

John C Frazier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John C Frazier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group

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

Dodge City, Kansas 11 May 1921

Enlisted

Fort Riley, KS, USA 18 June 1942

Died

Dodge City, KS 67801, USA 3 July 2003

Buried

Dodge City, KS 67801, USA 7 July 2003 Maple Grove Cemetery Dodge City Ford County Kansas, USA.

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
466th BG Historian;
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, p345

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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