Paul D. Arnold Crew
Crew 703
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Talmadge E. Tidwell (G), John F. Daley (R/O), Roland Teltzke (G), Lewis L. Barrett (G), Billie M. Higgins (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Paul D. Arnold (P), Frank Wolcott (CP), Leonard Bubri (N), Norman Ellis (B), William Savory (FE)
This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG. They completed a 30 mission tour. Frank Wolcott would later command his own crew and then move on to be Assistant Group Operations Officer for the 466th BG.
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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 | First Lieutenant | Pilot
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner
Completed a 30 mission tour 23 March 1944 - 7 July 1+44
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Military | Colonel | Co-Pilot/Pilot/Squadron Operations
Flew 33 missions 5 March 1944 to 23 December 1944. Air offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
DFC/ Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME Ribbon
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...