Military
Major Herman Laubrich Commander of the 786th Bomb Squadron of the 466th BG.
A group of 466th BG officers enjoying a day out. Standing Left to Right: Vance Elliott, G.E. Sisco, Edward H. Groenendyke, George T. Arkoosh, Marcus C. Brown, Paul W. Edge, Joseph H. West, Russell K. Woinowsk, Cecil Hoff, John C. Jennsion, Floyd C. Cooper, Josiah Childs, Unknown, Jay C. Evans, Herman A. Laubrich, Kneeling Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, Benjamin Weiner, Beverley Steadman (behind Weiner), Unknown
LTC Herman Laubrich Commanded both the 785th BS and later the 784th BS during the war.
Commander of the 785th Bomb Squadron and the 784th Bomb Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Squadron Operations/Combat Wing Operations | 466th Bomb Group
Played the bass in the 466th BG base band "The Flying Deck" in addition to his squadron operations duties.
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
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D, 41-24109, Ready & Willing - Silver Streak, flew on the Ploesti mission with the 93rd Bomb Group, with it's pilot, Lt. John R. Roche, and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya. 1 Aug 43. The plane later returned to Britain with the 8th Air Force...
B-24 Liberator
24 March 1944
This mission is composed of two elements, one from 1st Air Division and the other from 2nd Air Division. A total of 436 hevay bombers are despatched. The primary target for 1st Air Division is the the ball bearing plants at Schweifurt, Germany. 2nd Air...
14 October 1944
Black Week
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 | Michigan, USA | 30 March 1920 |
| Enlisted | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 26 November 1940 |
| Lived in | Green Bay, WI, USA | 1943 |
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Route #3 |
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| Died | 1 September 1975 | |
| Buried | Baltimore, MD, USA | 5 September 1975 |
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SECTION M SITE 1079 BALTIMORE NATIONAL CEMETERY |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 November 2015 18:53:27 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 January 2015 22:02:10 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 November 2014 15:50:42 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname and events |
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466th BG Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 November 2014 00:27:55 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname, highest rank, role, biography, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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466th BG Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:58 | 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 & Brassfield, page 347 |
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