Leo Kempner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13413.jpeg UPL 13413 Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13413 - Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-24 #4129391 'Little Lulu. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



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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 Thyrl Swain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742222
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29391

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little LuLu
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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

Enlisted

Newark, NJ, USA 22 January 1943

Born

New Jersey, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Boostedt, Germany 13 May 1944 Shot down by Fw190 fighters near the target. The aircraft exploded. While as many as 8 bodies were seen to depart the aircraft, only two survived, and those with multiple injuries

Buried

Plot D Row 16 Grave 16 Ardennes American Cemetery
Passaic County, NJ, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=3111481
466th BG Roll of Honor
"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough - page 52

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4824 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 13413 - Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All...