Edward Anastasio
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander - Command Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
786th Bomb Squadron Commander
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
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Squadron
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander - Command Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
786th Bomb Squadron Commander
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commander - 785th Bomb Squadron & 784th Bomb Squadron | 466th Bomb Group
Commander of the 785th Bomb Squadron and the 784th Bomb Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander | 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...
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Based | Attlebridge |
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Power Turret & Gunsight Mechanic | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Lead Crew Squadron Operations Officer
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander - Command Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
786th Bomb Squadron Commander
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
William L Anciaux flew as a navigator with the 466th Bomb Group. He was interned after his B-24 (serial number 44-10521), nicknamed 'Laden Maid', crashed in Sweden on 2 April 1945. (466th BG flew B-24s, not B-17s).
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Mission 273
196 of 214 B-24s bomb Berlin and 1 bombs Heide.
1944-03-22 - MACR #: 3491
Notes: 29416 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Mar 22, 1944. MACR 3491
B-24 Liberator
Mission 273
196 of 214 B-24s bomb Berlin and 1 bombs Heide
MACR #: 3492
Notes: 41-29434 (466th BG, 786th BS) lost Mar 22, 1944. MACR 3492
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Shot down by German fighters. Last seen going down with it's bomb bay on fire.
B.B. Skaggs Crew
MACR 3845. Fuselage parts recovered 1981:Boswiede/Giethoorn
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13 March 2015 16:51:57 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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02 January 2015 02:57:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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02 January 2015 02:55:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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02 January 2015 02:33:55 | 466thHistorian | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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27 November 2014 01:21:59 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft types |
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466th BG Historian |
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27 September 2014 18:42:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |