Richard Farrington
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Regensburg in B-24 'Black Cat' #42-95592.
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John C Brennan
Military
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Crew #769/487 Richard J. Farrington Crew 466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G) This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA.
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Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
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BRENNAN, John C. S/SGT 12206828 Air Medal Certificate GO# 9 05 Jan 1945
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MACR 14182 42-95592 "Black Cat" 466th BG | 784th BS 21 Apr 1945
Killed in Action (KIA) at Regensburg in B-24 'Black Cat' #4295592
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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42-95592 Black Cat
B-24 Liberator
On 21 April 1945 B-24 Liberator "Black Cat" became the last heavy bomber to be shot down in the European Theatre of Operations. ...
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... -
Oberhinkofen
Crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pennsylvania, USA | 1925 |
| Lived in | Bergen County, NJ, USA | 1944 |
| Enlisted | Fort Dix, NJ, USA | 3 February 1944 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Scharmassing, 93083 Obertraubling, Germany | 21 April 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 June 2016 01:38:00 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank and events |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=593234 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 May 2015 03:18:18 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 April 2015 02:01:44 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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