John Paul Sixkiller

Military

Object Number - UPL 42511 - Crew #455 - Burton M. Bush Crew 466th BG - 784th BS - 8th AF This group had previously flown nine missions with the 458th BG, and approximately 18...

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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
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
The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-100311

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

42-100365

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wolfgang
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron

42-109812

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 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

Sallislaw, OK 23 May 1923

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK 24 November 1942

Other

458th BG Combat Tour

RAF Horsham St. Faith 6 March 1944 - 11 April 1944

Other

93rd BG Combat Tour

RAF Hardwick 15 April 1944 - 15 August 1944 Dates are approximate

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

RAF Attlebridge 30 August 1944 - 26 October 1944

Died

5 January 1988

Buried

Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma 8 January 1988 Burial Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA Plot Sec. 14, Site 867
Fort Gibson, OK

Revisions

Date12 Apr 2020 01:00:24
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1364811…
https://www.458bg.com/crew14bush.htm
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1556223
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57394895

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:33
ContributorAAM
Sources

458bg.com / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 42511 - Crew #455 - Burton M. Bush Crew 466th BG - 784th...