Joseph E Bouchard

Military
media-20120.jpeg UPL 20120 Crew #793
Paul . Kuhn Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Paul F. Kuhn (P), Thomas Tighe (CP), Robert E. Clark (N), John R. Muse (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: George Fichandler (G), John W. Johnson (G), James Dobyns (FE), John E. Costello (R/O), Joseph E. Bouchard (G), Clarence Coy (G)

This crew completed six combat missions before hostilities ended: 11 April - 25 April 1945
466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 20120 - Crew #793 Paul . Kuhn Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Paul F. Kuhn (P), Thomas Tighe (CP), Robert E. Clark (N), John R. Muse...

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2062224
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Peggy Ann
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

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

Events

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466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 11 April 1925 - 25 April 1925 Completed six missions before hostilities ended.

Enlisted

Devens, MA, USA 15 March 1944
Brunswick, ME 04011, USA 13 Hennessey Avenue

Born

Revisions

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
page 162

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466th BG Historian

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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 & Brassfield, p 343

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