Horace F Hall

Military
media-36857.jpeg UPL 36857 2LT Horace F. Hall
Co-PIlot
Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Shot down on his 9th mission, he was captured and made POW at Stalag Luft III

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Object Number - UPL 36857 - 2LT Horace F. Hall Co-PIlot Crew #710 - Warren Allender Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Shot down on his 9th mission, he was captured and made POW at...

Shot down 9 May 1944 in B-24 #42-52584 'Worry Bird II', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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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

Warren Malbrook Allender

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747186
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52584

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Worry Bird II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

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

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA 13 October 1921

Enlisted

Madison, Wisconsin 20 April 1942

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 27 March 1944 - 9 May 1944

Other

Shot Down

Hemeldonk, 2275 Lille, Belgium 9 May 1944

Other

POW

Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland 10 May 1944 - 1 May 1945 Stalag Luft III (Dates are approximate)

Died

La Puente, California 24 April 1997

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/50826942/person/273540…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178425758
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 28
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=2486392…

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG HIstorian

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4803 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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