Gerald Boles
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
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Military
Originally pilot of Crew #648 in the 786th BS. He took over Crew #739 when their pilot (Robert Harrington) was lost while flying with a makeshift crew.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #42-95157, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
26 Missions
AM
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Nijetrijne on 8/15/44 in B-24 #42-95157, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
AM/ ETO
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #42-95157, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Nijetrijne in B-24 #4295157
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zal_-ZkNqo
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
Squadron
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 | 1922 |
Lived in | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1942 |
1809 College Avenue |
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Enlisted | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 30 October 1942 |
Died | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1972 |
Buried | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1972 |
Rose Hill Memorial Park |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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30 June 2015 23:26:50 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:23:03 | 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 & Brassfield, p345 |