James Carter
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Merrill G Bradlee
Military
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James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 - 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Edwin McGinty (CP), Eugene Dillinger (B), James B. Carter (P), John R. Loeper (N), Unknown Kneeling Left to Right: Merrill Bradlee (RWG), Seymour Kopels (TG), Ralph McGrath (R/O), Ward Hauenstein (FE), Herman Juneau (LWG), Leslie Fossey (NG)
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B-24J-145-CO #44-40067 "Big Fat Mama" 466th BG - 786th BS James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 Standing Left to Right: Herman J. Juneau (LWG), John Loeper (N), Edwin J. McGinty (CP), Merrill G. Bradlee (RWG), Eugene E. Dillinger (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Seymour Kopels (TG), James B. Carter (P), Ralph T. McGrath (R/O), Ward W. Hauenstein (FE), Leslie V. Fossey (NG)
35 Missions, some easy, some tough. Never hit by fighters, usually took some flak. No one on crew wounded or killed.
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 4 Battle Stars
Service
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-40067 Big Fat Mama
B-24 Liberator
44-40067 "Big Fat Mama". Original aircraft for the 856th BS, 492nd BG. ...
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Boston, Massachusetts | 17 August 1921 |
| Combat Mission | Hallendorf, 38229 Salzgitter, Germany | 14 January 1945 |
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The worst mission might have been to bomb the Herman Goering Steel Works at Hallendorf. Heavy barrage flak. Our #1 engine was knocked out. Gas lines were cut. The electrical system went out. About 25 hits on the plane in total. We had to drop out of formation and come home alone. |
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| Combat Mission | Peine, Germany | 22 February 1945 |
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Our 29th mission marked a first for us. We bombed the marshaling yards at Peine. We flew in at 18,000 feet, but dropped down to 9,000 feet to bomb the target. Saw one ship in the 458th BG lose it's entire left wing and spin in. No one got out. |
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| Lived in | Palm Harbor, FL, USA | 2004 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 November 2015 01:40:55 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Letter from Merrill Bradlee to Earl Wassom 13 February 2004 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 November 2014 15:22:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to role |
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466th BG Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |
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