464th Bomb Group
Group
A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group
...
The American Air Museum is Closed
Following recent government announcements the museum is currently closed, there is plenty to explore in our online archive.
The American Air Museum is a charity - Find out how you can support us
44-41043
B-24 Liberator
Service
Units
-
-
778th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in...
People
-
Wilton Abbott
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Engineer | 464th Bomb Group
Flying a mission from Panatella AAB in Italy, Sergeant Wilton L Abbott's B-24 Liberator took 3 direct hits from anti aircraft fire on a raid over Blechammer, Germany at 11:20am on the 13th October 1944. Abbott was last seen manning one of the waist...
Places
-
Pantanella
Military site : airfield
Events
Not yet known
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 06 April 2020 15:13:52 | Andycole0 | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, manufacturer, nicknames, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
| Sources | ||
Fold3 Missing Crew report 44-41043 |
||
