Francis Laney Bell Sr

Military
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...

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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

Elmore Cave

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820717
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bruce Courser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36461907
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Seaton T Douglass

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-125539
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Garlichs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32874367
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert Forry Lindemuth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-431696
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-95361

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

Missions

623

  • Date: 11 September 1944

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

South Carolina, USA 20 May 1917

Other

Mid Air Collision

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944 Involved in a mid-air collision when his a/c collided with another 466th BG B-24 on a practice mission.

Died

Lancaster, SC 29720, USA 8 June 1985

Buried

Lancaster, SC 29720, USA 12 June 1985 Lancaster Memorial Park Lancaster Lancaster County South Carolina, USA

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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 & Brassford, page 343

Francis Laney Bell: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 16464 - B-24H-20-FO #42-95361 "Glad Ta See Ya" Code: 6L-H...

Object number: UPL 17407 - Crew #754 Officers Francis L. Bell Crew 466th BG -...