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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 (B), James Russell (CP), Elvin Ligon (466th BG C.O.) Elmer Harrington (WG), Harold E. Anderson (P), James W. Hill (784th BS Nav.), Stanley P. Goldstein (RN)
Kneeling Left to Right: Peter Sobin (R/O), Edwin Sjoholm (BTG), Ronald Arbaugh (FE), James Lynch (WG), Harry Landers (TG)
Flew 17 missions with the 787th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS and flew a further 14 missions as a lead crew
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | Captain | Pilot
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
Military | First Lieutenant | Radar Navigator
Flew 30 missions
DFC/Air Medal w4/Oak Leaf Cluster; ETO ribbon w/6 battle stars/French,Normandy Award
Military | Sergeant | Gunner
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Military | Captain | Pilotage Navigator/Bombardier
29 combat missions, 184 combat hours. B-24 ETO Jul 1945.
AM (3)/ PH/ DFC/ ETO 3 stars/ WWIIV/ UC
Retired from USAF as a Lt. Colonel.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner
Military | Colonel | Commander - 466th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF as a Major General
http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/106386/major-general-elvin-s-ligon.aspx
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 May 2015 18:44:32 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom |
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