Noel Laverne Kincart

Military

Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #4252584 'Worry Bird II. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Connections

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747186
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Worry Bird II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th 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).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bloomfield, Iowa, USA 29 September 1916

Other

Shot Down

Hemeldonk, 2275 Lille, Belgium 9 May 1944 - 9 May 1944 Captured/POW

Died

Bloomfield, IA 52537, USA 5 July 1963

Buried

Bloomfield, IA 52537, USA 8 July 1963 Bloomfield IOOF Cemetery Bloomfield Davis County Iowa, USA

Other

Tychowo, Poland Stalag Luft IV

Revisions

Date12 Aug 2015 17:40:10
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to media associations
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466th BG Historian

Date24 Jun 2015 02:25:17
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, highest rank and events
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466th BG Historian

Date27 Dec 2014 02:23:28
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events, person associations and place associations
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466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:35
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4803 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database