Roderick G Darelius

Military
media-7279.jpeg UPL 7279 Crew #702
John A. Jakab Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D

Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G), Manuel Perry (B), Donald W. Troy (N), Rod G Darelius (CP), John A. Jakab (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: James A. Gribble (G), Ralph S. Grace (G), Elmer C. Ulmholz (FE), Frank W. Snyder (R/O), Arthur C. Kelly (G)

Everyone except Gribble completed a 30 mission tour. Gribble flew as a replacement gunner with the Flynn Crew - Crew #711 on a mission where they were forced to land in Switzerland due to battle damage.

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7279 - Crew #702 John A. Jakab Crew 466th BG - 787th BS B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G),...

Retired from USAF with the rank of Colonel

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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

John A Jakab

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

Aircraft

42-22508

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron

Missions

527

  • Date: 7 August 1944

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

Rhode Island 30 June 1918

Based

Attlebridge 27 March 1944 - 7 July 1944 Completed 30 Combat missions

Other

Commander - 26th Bomb Squadron (H)

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (FWH), Fort Worth, TX 76127, USA 23 December 1954 Carswell AFB, Texas B-52 Squadron

Died

Texas, USA 2 December 2006

Buried

Dallas, TX, USA 10 December 2006 Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA
Providence, RI, USA 40 Farragut Street

Other

Assigned to 580th Air Resupply and Communcations Wing

Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya Wing Operations Officer Wheelus Field, Libya

Revisions

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Official 466th BG Report on Mission No 99, Ghent Belgium - 7 August 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Roderick+_Darelius&birth=1918

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466th BG Historian

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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 345

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