Gerald Alport
Military
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UPL 7185
Crew #665
Jessie H. McKnight Crew
B-24J1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Donald Hemingway (CP), Jessie H. McKnight (P), Edwin Martin (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Jack Kasper (FE), Glenn Hill (NG), Ben Buck (WG), Gerald Alport (WG), Frank Bostwick (TG), Ben Brown (R/O)
Completed a 34 mission tour: 6 October 1944 - 31 March 1945
Jessie H. McKnight Crew
B-24J1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Donald Hemingway (CP), Jessie H. McKnight (P), Edwin Martin (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Jack Kasper (FE), Glenn Hill (NG), Ben Buck (WG), Gerald Alport (WG), Frank Bostwick (TG), Ben Brown (R/O)
Completed a 34 mission tour: 6 October 1944 - 31 March 1945
466th BG Historian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823910
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Piot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, IL, USA | 6 April 1925 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 6 October 1944 - 5 April 1945 | |
Other Honorably Discharged |
Madison, WI, USA | 15 October 1945 | Truax AAF |
Enlisted |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
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 & Brassford, page 343 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 195