Guy William Bowman

Military
media-19130.jpeg UPL 19130 The original cadre of officers for 466th BG - HQ.
Kearns AAF, Utah - 27 October 1943

From Left to Right: Colonel Walter G. Bryte (466CO), LTC William N. Briscoe (466EXEC), 1LT John A. Michael (466 Comm Officer), Major Walter A. Smith (466 Air Inspector), 2LT Guy W. Bowman (466 ARM Officer), CPT Josiah Child (S-2), 2LT William Gorden (Stats Officer), CPT Oliver A. Shaw (Group Navigator), 2LT Donald Revelle (Mess Officer), 1LT Albert N. Elmet (Group Bombardier)

Of this group only Bowman, Child, Shaw and Michael would deploy to England with the 466th BG

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 19130 - The original cadre of officers for 466th BG - HQ. Kearns AAF, Utah - 27 October 1943 From Left to Right: Colonel Walter G. Bryte (466CO), LTC...

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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

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

Oklahoma, USA 5 February 1914

Died

Enid, OK, USA 23 August 2001

Buried

Enid, OK, USA 26 August 2001 Enid Cemetery Enid Garfield County Oklahoma, USA
Enid, OK, USA 1116 East Maple

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466th BG Historian

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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 & Brassfield, p 343

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Object number: UPL 19130 - The original cadre of officers for 466th BG - HQ...