Paul Baus Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' 42-94974.

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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

Quinton E. Bailey

Quinton E Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705285
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-94974

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Off Limit's Again
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

674

  • Date: 12 October 1944

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

Philadelphia, PA 30 May 1921

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA, USA 31 July 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Osnabrück, Germany 12 October 1944
Philadelphia, PA, USA 7404 Lawndale Street

Buried

Louisville, KY, USA Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Plot: F, 263-265

Revisions

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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3147/41226_2421401696_0758-01313?p…

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=3687856

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
MACR 9488

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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MACR 9488 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database