Theodore William Mabee

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 Action (KIA) at Graft in B-24 #42-110188.

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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

Byron Ray Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2000270
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29366

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-110188

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

42-50438

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Minooky
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

44-40361

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th 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

Peoria, IL 2 June 1925

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 5 September 1944 - 6 February 1945

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Graft, 30419 Hannover, Germany 6 February 1945 KIA when a/c was hit by four direct hit flak bursts. One of the crew called to say all four men in the rear were wounded. None of them were able to bail out.

Buried

Rockford, IL, USA Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery Rockford Winnebago County Illinois, USA
Rockford, IL Geneva Avenue

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44008_03_0…
https://www.fold3.com/image/46713925

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 12220

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 142
466th BG Archives - 466th BG Roll of Honor

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466th BG Historian

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 12220 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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