Robert D Sheehan

Military
media-23643.jpeg UPL 23643 1LT Robert D. Sheehan
Pilot
Crew #451
466th BG - 784th BS

Sheehan and crew completed 7 missions as a lead crew ith the466th BG after transferring from the 467th BG

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 23643 - 1LT Robert D. Sheehan Pilot Crew #451 466th BG - 784th BS Sheehan and crew completed 7 missions as a lead crew ith the466th BG after...

Lead Crew Pilot 30 missions. At Zwishennan, Germany Air Field lost #2 Engine lost main control cables. Switched on Auto Pilot cables. Maintained the group lead position - fixed main cables and returned to England safetly. Volunteered 1942. Served October 1942 until September 1, 1945.



2 DFC/ AM w/ 7 Oak Leaf Cluster

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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
Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.

467th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28910

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Old Goat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 858th 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

Bradford, Pennsylvania 12 May 1920

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK 5 August 1944 - 30 August 1944 7 lead crew missions

Died

Tulsa, OK, USA 23 October 1998

Buried

Tulsa, OK, USA 26 October 1998 Calvary Cemetery Tulsa Tulsa County Oklahoma, USA GPS (lat/lon): 36.03037, -95.9352

Revisions

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466th BG Historian

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom - page330
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sheehan&GSfn=robe…;

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self * Page 404 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

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