Earl W Belleville

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-7551.jpeg UPL 7551 SSGT Earl Belleville
Nose Gunner
Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew
KIA 25 June 1944

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7551 - SSGT Earl Belleville Nose Gunner Crew #627 - Oscar Weeklund Crew KIA 25 June 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) Show down by flak and crashed near Britaigny in B-24 'Crippled Bitch' #41-29371

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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

Oscar A Weeklund

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690016
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29371

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Crippled Bitch
  • 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

Died

Brétigny-sur-Orge, France 25 June 1944

Born

Spencerville, Ohio, USA

Buried

Épinal, France Plot A Row 21 Grave 11 Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6723 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Earl W Belleville: Gallery (3 items)

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