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Paul D Arnold

Military

  • Paul D. Arnold Crew Crew 703 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Talmadge E. Tidwell (G), John F. Daley (R/O), Roland Teltzke (G), Lewis L. Barrett (G), Billie M. Higgins (G) Kneeling Left to Right: Paul D. Arnold (P), Frank Wolcott (CP), Leonard Bubri (N), Norman Ellis (B), William Savory (FE) This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG. They completed a 30 mission tour. Frank Wolcott would later command his own crew and then move on to be Assistant Group Operations Officer for the 466th BG.

    Paul D. Arnold Crew Crew 703 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Talmadge E. Tidwell (G), John F. Daley (R/O), Roland Teltzke (G), Lewis L. Barrett (G), Billie M. Higgins (G) Kneeling Left to Right: Paul D. Arnold (P), Frank Wolcott (CP), Leonard Bubri (N), Norman Ellis (B), William Savory (FE) This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG. They completed a 30 mission tour. Frank Wolcott would later command his own crew and then move on to be Assistant Group Operations Officer for the 466th BG.

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  • B-24H-15-CF #41-29391

    B-24H-15-CF #41-29391 "Little Lulu" 466th BG - 787th BS Code: 6L-M

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Service

People

  • 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

  • Leonard Bubri

    Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group

  • John Daley

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group

  • Norman Ellis

    Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group

  • Billie Higgins

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group

  • William Savory

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group

  • Roland Teletzke

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group

  • Talmadge Tidwell

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
    Completed a 30 mission tour 23 March 1944 - 7 July 1+44

  • Frank Wolcott

    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

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Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    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...

  • 787th Bomb Squadron

    787th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • 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
Born Oklahoma, USA 22 January 1918
Lived in Holdenville, OK 74848, USA 1943

724 North Burgess
466th BG Tour Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 23 March 1944 – 7 July 1944

Completed a 30 combat mission tour
Died 21 May 1966
Buried Holdenville, OK 74848, USA 25 May 1966

Holdenville Cemetery
Holdenville
Hughes County
Oklahoma, USA
Nationality
American
Nickname
Jack
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Pilot
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
17 June 2016 01:53:52 466thHistorian Changes to aircraft associations
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466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
21 October 2015 02:56:47 466thHistorian Changes to nickname, biography and events
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466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
21 December 2014 20:02:11 466thHistorian Changes to events
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466th BG Historian
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
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:21:09 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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

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