Ben B Elizalde
Military
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UPL 16148
Crew #640/462
Heath H. Carriker Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadron
B-24J-1-FO #42-95592 "Black Cat" Code: T9-U
Standing Left to Right: Forrest Jackson (WG), Howard L. DeBoer (B), Jack H. Wendling (CP), Walter Schutt (PN), Ben Elizado (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Steve Barnes (FE), Courtland L. Brovitz (N), Heath H. Carriker (P), Clarence A. Broadway (RN)
Crew not in photo: Willie Dee (TG), Joe Olandese (BTG/WG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Heath H. Carriker Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadron
B-24J-1-FO #42-95592 "Black Cat" Code: T9-U
Standing Left to Right: Forrest Jackson (WG), Howard L. DeBoer (B), Jack H. Wendling (CP), Walter Schutt (PN), Ben Elizado (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Steve Barnes (FE), Courtland L. Brovitz (N), Heath H. Carriker (P), Clarence A. Broadway (RN)
Crew not in photo: Willie Dee (TG), Joe Olandese (BTG/WG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34116224 / O-747210
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Cat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ghost Too
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Parson's Chariot
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fresno, CA, USA | 1 April 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Sacramento, CA, USA | 8 February 1943 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 24 July 1944 - 5 January 1945 | 30 combat missions |
Died |
Placer County, CA, USA | 9 October 2000 | |
Buried |
Portland, OR, USA | 15 October 2000 | Willamette National Cemetery • Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Plot Section COL-2 ROW 628 Site A |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 65
research provided by genealogist Marcia Melnyk
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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, p345