John Lee Gates

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13414.jpeg UPL 13414 Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13414 - Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Killed in Action (KIA) at Graft in B-24 #42110188

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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

Byron Ray Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2000270
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29366

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

42-110188

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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

Bellaire, OH 29 December 1923

Enlisted

Wheeling, WV 9 January 1943 1215 Byron Street

Enlisted

Clarksburg, WV, USA 18 September 1943

Died

Graft, 30419 Hannover, Germany 6 February 1945

Buried

24 August 1949 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 34, Site: 4136

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1341053…

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

http://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/ancweb.html
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=5851011

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12220

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