Elmore Cave Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17407.jpeg UPL 17407 Crew #754 Officers
Francis L. Bell Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Hennessee (B), Francis Bell (P), Elmore Cave (CP), Robert F. Lindenmuth (N) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17407 - Crew #754 Officers Francis L. Bell Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Hennessee (B), Francis Bell (P), Elmore Cave (CP), Robert...

Killed in training mission in B-24 # 42-51331collided with 'Glad to See Ya' over England

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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

Francis Laney Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-362591
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Executive Officer

Aircraft

42-95361

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Glad Ta See Ya
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

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

Missouri, USA 2 January 1916

Died

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944 KIA when his aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft of the 466th BG on a practice mission.
Saint Louis, MO, USA 5623 Cabanne

Buried

Bel-Nor, MO, USA Valhalla Cemetery Bel-Nor St. Louis County Missouri, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Second Air Division - Turner Publishing
page 134

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466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
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466th BG/787th BS/KIA Combat Chronology Supplement, Attlebridge Arsenal p. 46, p 265, p 202. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Elmore Cave: Gallery (3 items)

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