Richard Garlichs

Military
media-17419.jpeg UPL 17419 Crew #754 - enlisted men
Francis L. Bell Crew

Standing Left to Right: Bruce Courser (FE), Van Such (WG), Jake Winn (TG)

Kneeling Left to Right: George Yarborough (NG), Richard Garlich (R/O), Robert Baumann (BTG) 466th Bomb Group collection

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 17419 - Crew #754 - enlisted men Francis L. Bell Crew Standing Left to Right: Bruce Courser (FE), Van Such (WG), Jake Winn (TG) Kneeling Left to...

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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

Francis Laney Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-362591
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Executive Officer

David I Bridgers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Joseph A Iurlano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33427243
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Herbert S Leopold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Jack Starlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-50368

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Delores Jean
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

42-51185

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Peggy Ann
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

42-95361

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Glad Ta See Ya
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

44-40253

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard Luck
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-14 Liberator (serial number 44-40328) nicknamed "This Above All" of the 487th Bomb Group.

44-40328

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: This Above All
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

877

  • Date: 10 March 1945

851

  • Date: 27 February 1945

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

New York, NY, USA 11 March 1920

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 25 March 1943

Other

Survived Mid-Air Collision

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944 Was able to successfully bail out of his fatally damaged a/c after it collided with another group B-24 on a practice mission.

Died

Ridge, NY, USA 30 May 1988

Buried

Calverton, NY, USA 3 June 1988 Calverton National Cemetery Calverton Suffolk County New York, USA Plot: 12, 0, 1679

Revisions

Date7 Aug 2018 10:22:02
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
Sources

David Bridgers' entry in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 56

Date7 Aug 2018 10:05:08
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to person associations and mission associations
Sources

Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343

Date7 Sep 2015 23:15:32
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to surname, service number, events and aircraft associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date4 Jan 2015 00:59:13
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:22
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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, p345

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