Raphael E Anthony

Military
media-6447.jpeg UPL 6447 Harold F. Pierce Crew
Crew #456

Standing Left to Right:
Unknown
Richard Casey Owens (WG)
Raymond Juskiewicz (R/O)
Harold Pierce (P)
Jacob Mays (N)
Thomas McKiernan (CP)

Kneeling Left to Right:
Thomas Horn (WG)
Verdun Price (TG)
Rafael Anthony (NG)
Joseph Jewett (E)

This crew flew 8 missions with the 466th after previously flying with the 458th BG and the 93rd BG 466th Bomb Group collection

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 6447 - Harold F. Pierce Crew Crew #456 Standing Left to Right: Unknown Richard Casey Owens (WG) Raymond Juskiewicz (R/O) Harold Pierce (P) ...

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
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

Harold F Pierce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738023
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Lieutenant Charles 'Red' Stilson of the 458th Bomb Group stands with his B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100357) nicknamed Vale Oregan, the morning after crash landing the aircraft near Horsham St. Faith, 23 April 1944. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 26 APR 1944, General Section Press & Censorship Bureau' Printed caption on reverse: 'Crash landed on one engine. Associated Press photo shows:- 1st Lt. Charles "Red" Stilson, Box 472, Vale Oregon, Liberator pilot, surveys the wreckage of h

42-100357

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Vale Oregan
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

42-110188

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

42-52353

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th 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

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 26 August 1923

Died

Chestertown, MD 21620, USA 4 January 2003

Buried

Hurlock, MD 21643, USA 7 January 2003 Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Hurlock Dorchester County Maryland, USA Plot: SECTION E ROW 44 SITE 36

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

458bg.com including crew picture in Pierce crew in 754th BS / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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