Arthur Kraft
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
First 466th BG pilot to complete 30 missions.
James Oakley Bates
Military
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Crew #407 Arthur A. Kraft Crew Standing Left to Right: Robert Carr (WG), Jose V. Monfort (N), Charles Hughes (FE), Norman Siegel (B), Clarence Cless (G), Joseph O'Flaherty (CP), James Bates (WG) Arthur A. Kraft (P), Peter Danylo (TG), Charles Greene (R/O) Kneeling Left to Right: Sgt. Tobin (GC), Sgt. Pajack (GC), MSgt William W. Wallace (GCC)
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SSGT James O. Bates 466th BG - 784th BS Waist Gunner - Arthur Kraft Crew Certificate of Valor
Service
People
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
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... -
784th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52597 Lady Lightning
B-24 Liberator
Our pilot (Arthur Kraft) picked the plane up at the Willow Run factory and had to sign a $50,000 voucher. We were a new group. In February 1944 we took off from West Palm Beach, FL, stopped in Trinidad and then on to Belem, Brazil. From there we went...
Missions
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8th Air Force FO 277 BOMBER ESCORT
22 March 1944
A combined force of 540 fighters of types: P-38; P-47 and P-51 are despatched to escort heave bombers attacking ad Berlin and surrounding areas. 275 of these aircraft are contributed by IX Fighter Command units. Despatch summary follows: ... -
8th Air Force 282
27 March 1944
This mission might be likened to a "shotgun blast" as a combined force 714 heavy bombers are despatched form all three Air Divisions to attack 11 different German airfields and air depots in France. Mission summary follows: ... -
8th Air Force 291
8 April 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 293
10 April 1944
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8th Air Force Field Order 298
13 April 1944
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306A
18 April 1944
The handwritten log of my father, Horace O. "Hank" Turner, states this.. "Started to raid Berlin, bad weather and we bombed Brandenberg. formation bad and flak terrific." He had marked it with an "x", which he noted meant that "Our plane was hit by... -
308A
19 April 1944
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309
20 April 1944
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315
24 April 1944
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319A
26 April 1944
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 19 March 1922 | |
| 466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK | 22 March 1944 – 12 June 1944 |
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30 missions |
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| Died | Sandy, OR 97055, USA | 14 November 2003 |
| Buried | Portland, OR, USA | 17 November 2003 |
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Willamette National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 September 2016 01:33:23 | 466thHistorian | Changes to mission associations |
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466th BG Archives - John O. Bates Certificate of Valor |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 September 2016 01:16:22 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, awards and events |
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466th BG Archives - James O. Bates Certificate of Valor |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2015 04:17:52 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343 |
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