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Crew #664
Elmo Maiden Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O)
B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W
Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
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
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Nose Gunner
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Top Turret Gunner
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
B-24 Liberator
5 October 1944
6 October 1944
9 October 1944
Black Week
18 October 1944
25 October 1944
30 October 1944
2 November 1944
5 November 1944
10 November 1944
11 November 1944
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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| 05 November 2014 01:13:05 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom |
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