Lucian McMullin

Military
media-17357.jpeg UPL 17357 Crew #546/471
Robert A. Harken Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons

Standing Left to Right: Unidentified Person (PN), Robert Hosek (CP), William Graves (B), Robert A. Harken (P), Gordon Currie (N), John C. Murphy (RN)

Kneeling Left to Right: Herbert Malkin (FE), William Kummerer (WG), Joseph Edwards (BTG/TG), Daniel Cahalane (R/O), Lucian McMullin (WG)

Missing from photo - Samuel Estes (TG) - Estes was KIA on 4 December 1944 due to a loss of oxygen to the tail gunner position.

John C. Murphy flew as radar navigator on several lead crews. He was KIA with the Farrington Crew on 21 April 1945. The rest of the crew completed a 30 mission combat tour, 10 of those being lead crew missions with the 784th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17357 - Crew #546/471 Robert A. Harken Crew 466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Unidentified Person (PN), Robert Hosek...

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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 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waynesburg, KY 40489, USA 10 February 1918

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN, USA 22 December 1942

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 7 August 1944 - 28 January 1945 30 combat missions

Died

Lucedale, MS 39452, USA 1 March 1982

Buried

Plainfield, IN, USA 6 March 1982 Maple Hill Cemetery Plainfield Hendricks County Indiana, USA
Hendricks County, IN, USA

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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, page 348

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