Tennant Appleton Metz
Military
Robert H. Taylor Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
44th BG
Standing Left to Right: Harm Krull (TG), Russell Taylor (FE), unidentified, Charles Culverhouse (G), Albert Rapuano (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Tennant A. Metz (RN), Sol Rosenbaum (B), Robert H. Taylor (P), George Snowden (CP), Weldon P. Branch (N)
This crew flew it's 466th BG missions in two legs:
First they flew 11 missions with the 786th BS - 27 March 1944 thru 12 May 1945
They were then transferred to the 44th BG to train as a lead crew. They flew six missions with the 44th BG,
They then returned to the 466th BG and flew another 13 missions as a lead crew: 11 July 1944 thru 10 November 1944.
466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG HIstorian
Object Number - UPL 20536 - Crew #607 & 431 Robert H. Taylor Crew 466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons 44th BG Standing Left to Right: Harm Krull (TG), Russell...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741949
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pegasus
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Super Chief
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ghost Too
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
6 July 1921 | ||
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Died |
Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway DG7, UK | 7 July 1951 | Killed in the crash of KB-29P 44-83950 of the 2nd ARF, 2nd BW flying out of RAF Lakenheath. He was flying as Radar Operator The aircraft had taken off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk at 09:17 (BST) for a Radar Navigation Flight which was to be followed by 4 hours of Air to Air refuelling practice with a Boeing B-50. At 11:03 the aircraft was in contact with the controller at Prestwick, having entered the Scottish Flight Information Region, the pilot reported they were at a altitude of ~14,500ft in visual conditions. Only 7 minutes later the aircraft was seen be witnesses on the ground descending out of cloud at 1,500 to 2,000ft over Carsphairn on a NNW course. They stated that the engines sounded different to the aircraft which normally over-flew the area. The aircraft then turned onto a SE course before stalling and entering a spin from which it did not recover before impacted the ground in a deep gully at the edge of a field. The fuel tanks, containing an estimated 8,000 US Gallons exploded and completely destroyed the aircraft, scattering it over a considerable area. |
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Buried |
Louisville, KY, USA | 15 July 1951 | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA |
| Louisville, KY, USA | 136 Claremont Avenue |
Revisions
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Sources
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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 348
