Robert P Eisenhaure

Military

Object Number - UPL 16731 - Crew #760 Robert P. Eisenhaure Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Earl P. Neal (CP), Sol A. Fox (N), Bernard Leopold (B), Robert...

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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

Daniel Fisher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33790124
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Sol A Fox

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

Robert Lee Himes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13158052
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Earl P Neal

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

Stuart A Retzel

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

Aircraft

42-50666

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

42-51094

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gran Slam
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-94801

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

44-40357

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

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

688

  • Date: 25 October 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

Massachusetts, USA 22 November 1923

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 29 October 1942

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 5 October 1944 - 7 April 1945 35 missions

Died

North Reading, MA, USA 2 November 2000

Buried

North Reading, MA, USA 5 November 2000 Riverside Cemetery 235 North Street North Reading, MA
North Reading, MA, USA Haverhill Street

Revisions

Date13 Jul 2015 04:08:04
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

466th BG Historian
mooseroots.com

Date13 Jul 2015 03:57:56
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466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:58
ContributorAAM
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 & page 258 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION, D790.A2S45, 1998 edition

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Object number: UPL 16731 - Crew #760 Robert P. Eisenhaure Crew 466th BG -...