Richard Edward Sullivan

Military
media-41014.jpeg UPL 41014 1LT Richard Edward Sullivan (N)
c. 1944

466th BG
786th Bomb Squadron

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Object Number - UPL 41014 - 1LT Richard Edward Sullivan (N) c. 1944 466th BG 786th Bomb Squadron

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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

Ronald C Fox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17155913
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Milton Eugene Hinman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-544515
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Joseph F Kowalski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15373940
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George W Leitch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32471048
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Herbert E May

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-52529

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wild-Pussy/Sully's Saloon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

513

  • Date: 3 August 1944

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

Argyle, Maine 25 November 1919

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

RAF Attlebridge 22 March 1944 - 6 August 1944 Completed a 30 combat mission tour

Died

23 March 1958

Buried/ Commemorated

South Portland Gardens, Maine 26 March 1958 Bay View Cemetery South Portland Gardens, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1960/31515_204139-09750?pid=132829…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126805333

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

Official Mission Log provided by Brad Sullivan

Date
ContributorBrad Sullivan
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OMPF File

Date
ContributorBrad Sullivan
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VA Headstone request

Date
ContributorBrad Sullivan
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2LT Richard E. "Sully" Sullivan
O-609503

Date
ContributorBrad Sullivan
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2LT Richard E. Sullivan

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

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, page 351

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