Richard J Joyce

Military
media-6941.jpeg UPL 6941 Crew #758
Robert F. Applin Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Robert F. Applin (P), Richard Joyce (CP), Carl Herbst (B), Leon Appel (N), Earl Rau (FE)

Kneeling Left to Right: Barkev Hovesepian (R/O), Henry Ciocci (G), Donald Brooks (G), Arthur Huggins (TG), LaVern Young (G)

This crew completed a 33 combat mission tour
5 October 1944 - 24 March 1945

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 6941 - Crew #758 Robert F. Applin Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Robert F. Applin (P), Richard Joyce (CP), Carl Herbst (B), Leon...

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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

Robert Francis Applin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 3 February 1943
Pittsburgh, PA, USA 729 Braddock Road

Revisions

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Officers of Attlebridge booklet - 1944

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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 347

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Object number: UPL 6941 - Crew #758 Robert F. Applin Crew 466th BG - 787th...