Frederick J Deck Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16608.jpeg UPL 16608 Crew #732
Stuart M. Peace Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52560 "Laden Maid" Code: U8-M (786th BS aircraft)

Standing Left to Right: Clarence E. Wagner (R/O), unidentified person, Gerald E. Knollenberg (G),

Crouching (Middle Row) Left to Right: Hollis Berlew (FE), Frederick J. Deck (CP)

Kneeling (Front Row) Left to Right: William C. Doran (B), Robert E. Gardner (G), Stuart M. Peace (P), John W Becker (TG), Eugene E. Johnson (G) 466th Bomb Group collection

My Great Grandfather is John W Becker and we have the picture.

Object Number - UPL 16608 - Crew #732 Stuart M. Peace Crew 466th BG - 787th BS B-24H-15-FO #42-52560 "Laden Maid" Code: U8-M (786th BS aircraft) Standing Left to Right: ...

Killed in practice mission involving collision with another plane. B-25 #42-95361 'Glad to See Ya'. Deck's normal crew as piloted by Stuart Pearce who was a survivor of the accident. Deck's normal plane was 'Laden Maid' B-24 42-52560.

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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?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812303
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-813627
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK 16 September 1944

Buried

21 September 1944 Plot F Row 3 Grave 71 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England

Born

New Jersey
Rockaway Township, NJ, USA 63 Ogden Avenue

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement, Attlebridge Arsenal p. 46, 202 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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