Ronald Joseph Arbaugh

Military

Object Number - UPL 16005 - Crew #761/482 Harold E. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Earl M. Hawkins (N), James M. Peters...

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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

Harold E Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-821191
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50448

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

42-50791

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

42-95569

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: That Red Headed Gal

44-49626

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: White Elephant
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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

Enlisted

Akron, OH, USA 8 April 1943

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 8 October 1944 - 21 April 1945 31 combat missions

Died

Zanesville, OH 43701, USA 1 May 1993

Born

Zanesville, OH 43701, USA
Summit County, OH, USA

Buried

Zanesville, OH 43701, USA Woodlawn Cemetery

Revisions

Date22 Nov 2017 01:39:36
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events and aircraft associations
Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" Brassfield & Wassom - page 31
"Attlebridge Notes" - 1976 Register

Date18 Sep 2016 20:25:23
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/zanesvilletimesrecorder/obituary.aspx?…

Date23 Jun 2016 03:14:13
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename and events
Sources

"Second Air Division" - page166

Date16 May 2015 02:53:49
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to firstname, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:40
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 197

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