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USAAF Aerial Gunner Wings
Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
Bob Harrington describes his final mission, August 15, 1944, in a 2004 interview.
Bob Harrington describes the attack on his substitute aircraft, "Ramblin' Wreck," on August 15, 1944, following a successful bombing attack on a Luftwaffe airstrip in Vechta, Germany. Interview from 2004.
MACR 8430 41-28932 "Ramblin' Wreck" 466th BG | 787th BS 15 Aug 1944
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen in B-24 "Ramblin' Wreck" #41-28932, Killed in Action (KIA).
Last name was originally spelled Zdyb. His parents were Polish immigrants.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Bob Harrington piloted the B-24 "Troublemaker" (#42-95067), stationed at Attlebridge in the summer of 1944. After nine missions with Troublemaker, on August 15, 1944 he was called up to fly an unfamiliar aircraft, Ramblin' Wreck (#41-28932), with a...
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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
This aircraft's last mission was on August 15, 1944, when it was flown by a makeshift crew led by pilot Robert W. Harrington from Attlebridge air base. The target was a Luftwaffe airfield in Vechta, near Bremen, Germany. The target was successfully...
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA | 17 July 1922 |
| Died | Gelderingen, Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 |
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Shot down by German fighters |
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| Buried | 8341 Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands | 19 August 1944 |
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Kerkbuurt Cemetery |
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| Buried | Springfield, IL, USA | 1948 |
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Camp Butler National Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2020 20:45:01 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 July 2016 14:31:05 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 July 2015 01:50:58 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, events, person associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 December 2014 20:45:53 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8430 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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