George Aeschbach
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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Military
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 16, 1916.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier - Squadron Bombardier | 466th Bomb Group
Completed a 30 combat mission tour with the Amos Sharretts Crew - Crew #718. Then served at 787th BS HQ as Squadron Bombardier
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Tail Gunner | 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...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
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...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | New York, NY, USA | 12 June 1915 |
Enlisted | Greene County, NY, USA | 27 January 1941 |
Lived in | Plainfield, NJ, USA | 1942 |
420 Stelle Avenue |
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466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK | 23 March 1944 – 24 June 1944 |
Completed a 30 mission tour |
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Died | Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA | 30 May 1994 |
Burial in Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, Union Co., NJ |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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18 August 2018 06:43:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Archives |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 June 2018 04:26:36 | Marcia466BG | Changes to events |
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Hillside Cemetery Records, Find A Grave on Ancestry.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 June 2018 04:23:41 | Marcia466BG | Changes to service number |
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Daily Reports, 466th Bomb Group, and NARA records. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 June 2018 04:22:12 | Marcia466BG | Changes to awards |
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Biography in the "Second Air Division:8th Air Force, USAAF" published 1994, pg. 336. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 July 2016 19:46:36 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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"Attlebridge Diaries" - John Woolnough |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
12 June 2015 00:33:48 | 466thHistorian | Changes to unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
05 December 2014 15:59:54 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, highest rank, role and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:03:39 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 and Brassfield, page 350 & Page 404 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) |