Nicholas J Weisgarber

Military

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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

John W Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13350A
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29384

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris - The Heavenly Body
  • 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).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Trenton, NJ, USA 4 November 1917

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

22 March 1944 - 17 June 1944 Completed a 30 mission combat tour

Died

Sacramento, CA, USA 10 November 1991

Buried

Fair Oaks, CA, USA Mount Vernon Memorial Park Fair Oaks Sacramento County California, USA Plot: Court of Honor
Trenton, NJ, USA 323 Woodland

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 58
also research provided by genealogist Marcia Melnyk

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466th BG Historian

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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 331 & Page 438 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)