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Edwin J McGinty

Military

  • James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 - 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Edwin McGinty (CP), Eugene Dillinger (B), James B. Carter (P), John R. Loeper (N), Unknown Kneeling Left to Right: Merrill Bradlee (RWG), Seymour Kopels (TG), Ralph McGrath (R/O), Ward Hauenstein (FE), Herman Juneau (LWG), Leslie Fossey (NG)

    James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 - 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Edwin McGinty (CP), Eugene Dillinger (B), James B. Carter (P), John R. Loeper (N), Unknown Kneeling Left to Right: Merrill Bradlee (RWG), Seymour Kopels (TG), Ralph McGrath (R/O), Ward Hauenstein (FE), Herman Juneau (LWG), Leslie Fossey (NG)

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  • B-24J-145-CO #44-40067

    B-24J-145-CO #44-40067 "Big Fat Mama" 466th BG - 786th BS James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 Standing Left to Right: Herman J. Juneau (LWG), John Loeper (N), Edwin J. McGinty (CP), Merrill G. Bradlee (RWG), Eugene E. Dillinger (B) Kneeling Left to Right: Seymour Kopels (TG), James B. Carter (P), Ralph T. McGrath (R/O), Ward W. Hauenstein (FE), Leslie V. Fossey (NG)

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Service

People

  • James Carter

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group

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Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    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...

  • 786th Bomb Squadron

    786th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Missions

  • 863

    4 March 1945

Associated Place

  • 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
Born
Lived in Chicago, IL, USA 1942

4931 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Co-Pilot
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
15 May 2015 18:28:09 466thHistorian Changes to person associations
Sources

466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
28 November 2014 17:07:15 466thHistorian Changes to highest rank, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

466th BG Archives
Date Contributor Update
27 November 2014 15:18:16 466thHistorian Changes to role
Sources

466th BG Archives
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:08:44 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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 348

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