Malcolm Dike
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Vito T Calderalo
Military
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Crew #504 Malcolm O. Dike Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24H-15-CF #41-29387 "(Snafu) Snark" Code: 2U-B A bomber crew of the 466th Bomb Group with their shark mouth B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29387) nicknamed "The Snafu Snark". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo taken of the "SNARK" and crew 504 of 785th Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, on arrival at Attlebridge, England on Feb 25 1944. Top Row (left to right) Malcolm O Dike (P) , Claude V Meconis, (CP), William L Brooks, (N) , Harold K Miller (B), Julian R Thompson (FE) Bottom row (left to right) Joseph J Rooney (R/O), Vito Calderalo (TG), George A Bertie (WG), Dennis L Beavers (BTG) , James Smith (WG) Second handwritten caption on reverse: '466 BG crew of Liberator "Snark".'
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Awards ceremony at Attlebridge, circa May 1944 Left to Right: Vito Calderalo (TG), Julian R. Thompson (FE), Claude Meconis (CP), Arthur Pierce (back to camera, 466CO), unidentified, unidentified, Joseph W. Tikey (P) Caldero, Thompson, and Meconis were all on the Malcolm Dike Crew - Crew #504. Tikey was pilot of Crew #509
Service
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
785th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-29387 - Snafu Snark - Snark
B-24 Liberator
The B-24H, 41-29387, named Snafu Snark, later named Snark, was an original 466th Bomb Group airplane. It flew combat missions from March 24, 1944 through August 8, 1944, when it crash landed at Manston emergency airfield, Kent, U.K. , on it's return...
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York, NY, USA | 1923 |
| Enlisted | New York, NY, USA | 20 November 1942 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 January 2015 01:07:31 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:35 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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, p 343 |
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