Thomas Joseph Czapko

Military
media-7161.jpeg UPL 7161 Lt. Thomas Czapko
Pilot - Crew #602
466th BG - 786th BS

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 7161 - Lt. Thomas Czapko Pilot - Crew #602 466th BG - 786th BS

One of the original cadre of pilots for the 466th BG

Led his crew to a successful completion of a 30 mission tour.

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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

Kenneth LeRoy Addison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-692747
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harry L Bean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15102449
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Vincent L Bossley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18171346
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Charles L Gibson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11073058
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Henry Terrell Grady

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19177629
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-29449

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

Missions

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

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18 February 1918

Based

Attlebridge 22 March 1944 - 8 July 1944 Completed a 30 mission tour

Other

Seperated from USAAF Service

Mitchell Field, Nassau, New York 25 February 1946
Detroit, MI, USA 18755 Shaftesbury Road
Miami, Florida

Other

Pilot for Seaboard & Western Airlines

Idylwild (JFK) Airport, New York Flew Trans-Atlantic routes in DC-4's

Revisions

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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3147/41226_2421401757_0363-01408?p…

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Archives - 786th BS Official Daily Log

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466th BG Historian

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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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