Seaton T Douglass Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13414.jpeg UPL 13414 Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13414 - Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331 collision with 'Glad to See Ya' over England

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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

Francis Laney Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-362591
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Executive Officer

Aircraft

42-95361

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Glad Ta See Ya
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

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

Arkansas, USA 16 October 1923

Enlisted

Little Rock, AR, USA 7 February 1943

Died

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944
Hot Springs, AR, USA 901 West Grand Avenue

Buried

Hot Springs, AR, USA Greenwood Cemetery * Hot Springs Garland County Arkansas, USA Plot: Block C *Cenotaph [?]

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Contributor466thHistorian
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1541454

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributorapollo11
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Information correct as far as I know.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology Supplement, Attlebridge Arsenal p. 46, p 265, p 202. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Seaton T Douglass: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 13414 - Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All...

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