Stuart H Scales Jr
Military
Stuart H. Scales Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I
This a/c was a H2X equipped lead ship in the 784th BS. She sat on Revetment #2 which must have been an easy place to take crews to have their picture taken. There are several crews that had their photo taken with "Jennie", some, like the Scales Crew, weren't in the 784th BS.
Standing Left to Right: Ira Young (TG), Jack Shifflet (WG), James Rocco (WG), Thomas Sparks (R/O), Edward V. Centola (NG), John Grodeon (FE)
Kneeling Left to Right: Dorsey A. Odle (N), Melvin Engle (CP), Stuart H. Scales (P)
This crew completed a 35 mission tour: 8 September 1944 - 8 March 1945
466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 6599 - Crew #559 Stuart H. Scales Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I This a/c was a H2X equipped lead ship in the...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32734986
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770608
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39616828
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722874
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33560955
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Super Chief
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dixie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Generator Jenny
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron 860th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Consolidated Mess
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Boyuton, Oklahoma | 3 August 1921 | |
| Lubbock, TX, USA | 2014 Avenue V |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self