Crew #608
Milton E. Hinman Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Elmer B. Rieber (WG), Richard Sullivan (N), Angelo Santandrea (B), William S. Smith (CP), Milton E. Hinman (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Andrew T. Sabol (NG), Herbert E. May (TG), Ronald C. Fox (R/O), George W. Leitch (FE), Joseph F. Kowalski (BTG)
The crew completed a 33 mission combat tour. Note the censor has blocked out the second part of the nose art name.
Connections
Units
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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...
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People
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
Killed in an auto racing accident in 1947.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Nose Gunner
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
During World War II, he flew as a lead bombardier on B-24 bombers out of England over enemy occupied Continental Europe. While assigned to the 466th Bomb Group, 2nd Bomb Division, 8th Air Force, he completed a combat tour of 30 missions from March 22,...
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
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Military | Captain | Navigator
Locations
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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...