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.
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 | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Nose Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
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Military | Major | Bombardier
Assigned to 786BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Leo Mower crew. Damaged by flak and fighters and landed in Sweden on 21-Jun-44 in B-24 'Lovely Lady's Avenger' 44-40093. Interned (INT) Sweden.
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Top Turret Gunner
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
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...