96th Combat Bomb Wing
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General Walter Peck - 96th CW Commander (Left)
Colonel Arthur J. Pierce - 466th BG Commander (Right)
Connections
Units
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466th Bomb Group
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...
People
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Walter Peck
Military | Brigadier General | Pilot; Commanding Officer
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK ... -
Arthur Pierce
Military | Colonel | Commander - 466th Bomb Group
Between 31 March 1942 and 1 February 1943, Pierce was promoted 4 times, from 1LT to full Colonel. ...
Locations
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Attlebridge
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...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 June 2019 00:49:48 | 466thHistorian | Changes to collection |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 September 2016 03:07:51 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG Archives |
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