Richard C Baynes | American Air Museum in Britain

Richard C. Baynes Crew Crew #731 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Harold D. Bailey (TG), Lester R. Walters (FE), Harvey B. Walton (WG), Linwood W. Wheeler (BTG), Lester O. Nichoson (R/O), John H. Gattis (WG) Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd B. Holden (N), Ralph W. Dennings (B), Seymour Friedman (CP), Richard C. Baynes (P) This crew completed a 35 mission tour: 11 July 1944 - 1 November 1944

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35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library.

Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

Service

Harold Bailey

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

Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Seymour Friedman

Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
John Gattis

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

Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Lester Nichoson

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

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

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

Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 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

Squadron

552

14 August 1944
8th Air Force 556

16 August 1944
Aircraft factories and oil refineries are the primary targets for this mission. A total of 1090 heavy bombers are despatched. See Mission Details for particulars. ...
665

5 October 1944
683

19 October 1944

Event	Location	Date
Born	Mansfield, Pennsylvania	6 May 1924
Mission	RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent ME14, UK	10 September 1944
Had to emergency land B-24H-15-CF #41-29358 "Ol' Soak" at Detling. The nose wheel collapsed and the forward fuselage was damaged.
Gas Haul Mission	Clastres, France	19 September 1944
1500 gallons of 80 octane gas
Gas Haul Mission	Lille, France	21 September 1944
1400 gallons of 80 octane gas
Gas Haul Mission	Lille, France	23 September 1944
1800 gallons
Gas Haul Mission	Saint-Dizier, France	25 September 1944
1700 gallons
Gas Haul Mission	Saint-Dizier, France	29 September 1944
Mission	Mainz, Germany	19 October 1944
Flew an operational mission to Mainz. Heavy flak. No fighters. Flak hole. Tail gunner passed out.
Died	California, USA	26 January 2013
Buried		18 October 2013
Arlington National Cemetery Section 66 Grave 6930

Date	Contributor	Update
16 February 2016 19:30:51	466thHistorian	Changes to aircraft associations
Sources
466th BG Historian
Date	Contributor	Update
06 April 2015 03:53:33	466thHistorian	Changes to events
Sources
466th BG Historian
Date	Contributor	Update
30 December 2014 16:38:51	466thHistorian	Changes to events
Sources
466th BG Historian
Date	Contributor	Update
30 December 2014 16:37:47	466thHistorian	Changes to events
Sources
Attlebridge Diaries - Woolnough
Date	Contributor	Update
10 November 2014 03:19:40	466thHistorian	Changes to nickname, awards and aircraft associations
Sources
Attlebridge Arsenal
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:22:26	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 201