John Bednarski
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Had flown 2 missions
POW/Purple Heart
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot; Assistant Squadron Ops Officer (784th BS), Command Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Was on a 24 hour pass when the rest of his crew was shot down on 8 April 1944
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52596 'Mammy Yokum', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | First Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252596 'Mammy Yokum. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
B-24 Liberator
Mission 291
350 B-24s are dispatched to aviation industry targets in Brunswick.
1944-04-08 - MACR #: 3846
Notes: 52596 (466th BG, 784th BS, *Mammy Yokum*) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3846
8 April 1944
24 April 1944
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...
Other location
Event | Location | Date |
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Enlisted | Minot, ND, USA | 13 August 1942 |
Shot Down | Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 |
POW | Barth, Germany | 8 April 1944 – June 1945 |
Stalag Luft I |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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21 November 2017 10:18:52 | Lucy May | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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For reference, surname is spelt 'Byrons' according to these sources: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
23 March 2015 01:04:32 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:23:12 | 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, p 343 |