Lloyd Blaine Holden

Military
media-37900.jpeg UPL 37900 1LT Lloyd B. Holden
Navigator
Crew #731 - Richard C. Baynes Crew
Holden completed a 35 mission combat tour

Tiffany Holden Sherrill, Grand-daughter

Object Number - UPL 37900 - 1LT Lloyd B. Holden Navigator Crew #731 - Richard C. Baynes Crew Holden completed a 35 mission combat tour

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

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
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris - The Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gallopin Ghost
  • 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

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chester, Choctaw County, Mississippi 29 July 1921

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 4 December 1941

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 11 July 1944 - 1 November 1944

Died

Canyon Lake, Texas 20 August 1991
Chester, MS 39735, USA

Buried

Boerne Cemetery, Boerne, Texas Boerne Cemetery Boerne Kendall County Texas, USA Plot: Section N9I, Block 158, Lot 8

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 42

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
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, page 347 & Page 298 in the book THE SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition, D790.A2S45

Lloyd Blaine Holden: Gallery (4 items)