Lewis Barrett
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
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Military
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Completed a 30 mission tour 23 March 1944 - 7 July 1+44
Military | Colonel | Co-Pilot/Pilot/Squadron Operations | 466th Bomb Group
Flew 33 missions 5 March 1944 to 23 December 1944. Air offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
DFC/ Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME Ribbon
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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Oklahoma, USA | 22 January 1918 |
Lived in | Holdenville, OK 74848, USA | 1943 |
724 North Burgess |
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466th BG Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 23 March 1944 – 7 July 1944 |
Completed a 30 combat mission tour |
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Died | 21 May 1966 | |
Buried | Holdenville, OK 74848, USA | 25 May 1966 |
Holdenville Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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17 June 2016 01:53:52 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 October 2015 02:56:47 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname, biography and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 December 2014 20:02:11 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 December 2014 19:52:07 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:21:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 & Brassford, page 343 |