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
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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466TH BOMB GROUP, 786th Sq, Dougherty Crew # 612. While waiting for a delayed mission, crew members were taking it easy when a jeep rolled up and a photographer took this picture. The next day the photo was posted on the main bulletin board with a sign- " Improper Crew Behavior while awaiting a delayed mission!" Crew members in the Photo: Standing L to Right: Everette M. Cranage (R/O), Charles Patton (RWG) Harry DeBoef (E) On the ground Front Left to Right; Richard Schroeder (LWG) Nick Kuklish (TG), Robert P Boumann (CP), Fred Utter (TT) On Ground Back Left to right: Ray "Buz" Edwards (B) , Jack Dougherty (P), Bill Horney, (N)
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A crashed Liberator of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on image: '466 BG 2nd Div 8th AF.' Image via Joh Bode. Caption added by 466th BG Historian: B-24H-15-FO #42-52566 "Shack Date" Code: U8-P 466th BG - 786th BS. Shown at Attlebridge after being crash landed on 19 April 1944 by the Nick Furnace Crew (Crew #615). This was the regular aircraft of the Richard O. Foster Crew (Crew #606) but they weren't scheduled to fly this mission and the Furnace Crew had their a/c shot up the day before over the same target (Hamm).
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A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52511) nicknamed " The Queen of Hearts" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on image: 'The Queen of Hearts, 8th AAF England.' Printed caption on reverse: 'This a/c belonged to third ranking (Lt Taylor) in 786 therefore called the Queen of Hearts (Ace reserved for #1 crew, King for #2 crew). Per J Auman, Eng on Taylor's crew.'
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The insignia of the 786th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group.
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A Bomber crew of the 466th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator. Handwritten on image: 'RG Gordon 279-55.' The crew went down over Belgium on 20 February 1945. The control cable on B-24H-20-FO #42-50336 "Pale Ale" had snapped. "Pale Ale" was one of the oldest a/c flying with the 466th BG at that time having served for 9 months exactly at the time of her loss Top Row Left to Right: 2nd Lt Henry Wynia, Bombardier 2nd Lt Jack D Campbell, Co-pilot 2nd Lt Robert G Gordon, Pilot 2nd Lt Ferdinand M Kjar, Navigator Bottom row, left to right Richard R Przybylski, Engineer Harvey H Stamper Jr, Upper Turret Gunner Harold H Hendrickson, Nose Gunner Aloysius W McCloskey, Gunner Sam Kessler, Radio Operator Barney B Fisher, Tail Gunner Gordon had left his seat to bail out, then noticed that Kjar and Hendrickson were still in the nose of the plane. He returned to the pilot's controls to try to gain control of the a/c for those two men to bail out. It was to no avail as the men were trapped by centrifugal forces. All three (Gordon, Kjar and Hendrickson were tragically KIA.
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B-24J-155-CO #44-40328 "This Above All" Code: U8-T 466th BG - 786th BS
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Erwin H. Sorensen Crew Crew #674 & #489 466th BG 786th and 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Erwin H. Sorensen (P), Joseph Goldman (CP), Ned Whitman (B), Donald J. Doll (N) Kneeling Left to Right: Norman Bastoky (G), Chester Havrick (R/O), Vohn D. Schmidt (G), Phillip J. Krystyniak (FE), Merrill Lee (G), Carl D. Peterson (G) Ned Whitman left the crew before they joined the 466th BG. This crew flew eight missions with the786th BS and then 12 missions as a lead crew with the 784th BS before hostilities ended.
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B-24H-20-CF #42-50336 "Pale Ale" Codes: T9-L & U8-L 466th BG 784th BS & 786th BS
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B-24H-15-FO #42-52570 "Sack Happy" 466th BG 786th BS Code: U8-A
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Earl "Pete" Grimm
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Herman Laubrich
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Commander - 785th Bomb Squadron & 784th Bomb Squadron | 466th Bomb Group
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John Jacobowitz
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander | 466th Bomb Group
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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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Curtis Adamy
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
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Kenneth Addison
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Ernest Akens
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). -
Joseph Albertini
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Power Turret & Gunsight Mechanic | 466th Bomb Group
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Richard Albrecht
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Glen Alexander
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Warren Allen
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Gerald Alport
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
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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 -
William Anciaux
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). -
41-29353
B-24 Liberator
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41-29371 The Crippled Bitch
B-24 Liberator
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41-29416 Rebel Yell
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 -
41-29434 Terry & The Pirates
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 -
41-29449 True Love
B-24 Liberator
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42-52580 Our Honey
B-24 Liberator
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42-52529 Wild-Pussy/Sully's Saloon
B-24 Liberator
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42-52569 Lovely Lady
B-24 Liberator
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42-52570 Sack Happy
B-24 Liberator
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42-52582 The Worry Bird
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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| 02 January 2015 02:55:38 | 466thHistorian | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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| 02 January 2015 02:33:55 | 466thHistorian | Changes to commanding officers associations |
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| 27 November 2014 01:21:59 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft types |
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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) |
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