Joseph Campbell

Military
UPL 75329 UPL 75329 Crew #503
Joseph L. Booth Crew
466th BG - 785th BS

Standing Left to Right: Charles Herbst (FE), Joseph Campbell (WG), George Corrar (BTG), Pate E. Given (R/O), Clarence W. Duvall (TG), Waddie W. Doolittle (WG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph L. Booth (P), Ross Burke (CP), Peter B. Bishop (N), Cleo Beggs (B)

This crew flew 18 missions with the 466th BG before being transferred to the 389th BG for six missions, the 489th BG for three missions and then finishing up with the 492nd BG for the final three missions. 466th Bomb Group collection

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466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 75329 - Crew #503 Joseph L. Booth Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Charles Herbst (FE), Joseph Campbell (WG), George Corrar (BTG), Pate...

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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

Joseph Lawrence Booth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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

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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, p 343 & p224 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45

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Object number: UPL 13615 - Crew #503 Joseph L. Booth Crew 466th BG - 785th BS...