John C. Garison Crew
Crew # 543 & #467
466th BG - 785th BS & 784th BS
Standing Left to Right: Unknown, Herbert Cheskin (N), W.R. Wagner (B), Unknown, Farris Groben (CP), John Garison (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Frank J. Messman (WG), Wayne E. Ahern (TG), William E. Hughes (R/O), Tom Kelly (WG), Jack Rawlerson (NG), Paul Kelch (FE)
This crew completed a 30 mission tour.
Connections
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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 | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
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Military | Captain | Pilot
Lead Crew Pilot
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Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Nose Gunner
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Military | Captain | Bombardier
Completed a 30 mission tour: 5 August 1944 - 4 March 1945
Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
For reasons unknown, the Liberator left formation over The Netherlands and was lsot, with all 10 men on board Missing In Action (MIA). They are all memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge.