Lewis Bartok
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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19 October 1944
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Crew #551 Seward M. Meinstma Crew Standing Left to Right: Jack Veach (R/O), George Wood (BTG), William Osborne (NG), John O'Donnell (FE), Howard Wade (TG), Sherell Campbell (G) Kneeling Left to Right: Seward Meinstma (P), Donald Vanderwall (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (N), Harvey Levine (B) This crew completed a 35 mission tour. Gjertsen transferred to the Welsh Crew of the 784th BS at some point during the tour. Also Daniel Chadbourne replaced O'Donnell as Flight Engineer during the tour.
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Lt. Clyde Shrum Co-PIlot - Crew #409 PIlot - Crew #557
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Mission list kept by 2nd Lt. Donald Muckerman of the 8th Airforce, 305th Bomb Group, 422nd Squadron (back)
Official description
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Description
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Mission details
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Description
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
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Mission Statistics
2. BAD KREUZNACH
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
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3. GUSTAVSBURG
Description
DIESEL ENGINE FACTORY
Aircraft type
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Notes
A mix of 195 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
Mission Statistics
4. KARLSRUHE
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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5. KREUZNACH
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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6. MAINZ
Description
MARSHALLING YARDS
Aircraft type
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7. MANNHEIM
Description
ARTILLERY TRACTOR PLANT
Aircraft type
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Notes
A mix of 226 P-47 and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
Mission Statistics
8. MANNHEIM
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
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Notes
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9. MANNHEIM
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Aircraft type
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Notes
A mix of 286 P-47s and P-51s provide escort. Mix not given in available data.
Mission Statistics
10. RUSESHEIM
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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11. Steyr, Austria
Description
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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Service
People
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Richard Baynes
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library. Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC -
John Blumenstock
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel -
Robert Boyd
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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George Brand
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
2nd Lt George C Brand flew 34 missions with the 401st Bomb Group, from 6 July 1944, mission to 30 October 1944. Brand was French, but enlisted in the US Army Air Forces, -
Dale Brant
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Norbitz in B-17 'Miss Slip Stream' 43-38202 -
David Bridgers
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Burton Bush
Military | Captain | Pilot/Lead Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
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Anthony Carras
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Co-Pilot of the Harry C. Merritt Crew - Crew 671 ... -
Heath Carriker
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30 late. This was a close call! ...
Aircraft
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42-102393 Diana Queen Of The Chase
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Hunter 22/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-R] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; 111m, Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal... -
42-102398 Dynamite John
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/2/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 13/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in... -
42-102468 Farmer's Daughter
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-C] Deenethorpe 3/5/44; 614BS [IW-S]; 106m, Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for... -
42-110160 Chris' Crate
B-24 Liberator
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42-110188
B-24 Liberator
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42-31662 'Fancy Nancy IV'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Kearney 7/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 134m crash landed Polebrook 22/4/44, Salvaged 1 SAD Troston. FANCY NANCY IV. -
42-31730 Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 613BS [IN-O]; 112m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; 4100 BU Patterson 9/10... -
42-31983 Mary Alice
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Presque Is 18/2/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenethorpe 7/3/44; detailed Munich 13/7/44 with L.H. Haskett, Tail gunner: Ed Page (Killed in Action); Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6... -
42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
42-51273
B-24 Liberator
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 April 2020 21:18:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
466th BG Formation Sheet - NARA - found by Brad Sullivan |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 February 2018 09:29:46 | marshaferraro | Changes to person associations |
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Personal list of 30 missions Lloyd C. Kenagy participated in with the 401st Bomb Group 613th Squadron between Aug 1, 1944 and April 11, 1945. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 September 2016 23:31:03 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
| Sources | ||
466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 November 2014 12:28:16 | Lucy May | Changes to event |
| Sources | ||
Changed 'STEYER' to 'Steyr, Austria'. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:43:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'. |
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