John W Clerkin Jr

Military
media-6883.jpeg UPL 6883 Lt. John W. Clerkin
Navigator
466th BG - 786th BS
R.J. Willer Crew - Crew #604
Completed a 30 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6883 - Lt. John W. Clerkin Navigator 466th BG - 786th BS R.J. Willer Crew - Crew #604 Completed a 30 mission tour

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Russell John Willer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661162
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95211

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pub Hound
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

548

  • Date: 13 August 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Vernon, IN 47265, USA 28 January 1919

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 24 March 1944 - 13 August 1944

Other

Married

Norwich, UK 8 November 1944 Married to Hannah Angland, an Irish girl from County Cork

Died

North Vernon, IN 47265, USA 31 December 2001

Buried

North Vernon, IN 47265, USA 3 January 2002 Saint Marys Cemetery North Vernon Jennings County Indiana, USA
North Vernon, IN 47265, USA 326 North 8th St. North Vernon, IN

Revisions

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AAF Record Transcription Project

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"Second Air Division" - Turner Publishing
Page 196

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466th BG Historian

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Officers of Attlebridge booklet - 1944

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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 and Brassfield, page 344 & p232 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45

John W Clerkin: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 17645 - Crew #604 Russell J. Willer Crew 466th BG - 786th...

Object number: UPL 6883 - Lt. John W. Clerkin Navigator 466th BG - 786th BS...