Kenneth Edgar Goodroe

Military

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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

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Shreveport, LA 10 October 1922

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

RAF Attlebridge 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944 Completed a 30 mission tour

Other

Returned to the US

LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York 2 September 1944 Departed Prestwick, Scotland

Died

Atlantic Ocean, approx. 369 miles off of Lands End, UK 10 October 1956 During a scheduled Military Air Transportation Service flight from RAF Lakenheath, England, to Lajes Field in the Azores, the United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster 131588 of Air Transport Squadron 6 (VR-6) disappears over the Atlantic Ocean about 369 miles (590 km) off Land's End, England. No trace of any of the 59 people on board is ever found. Goodroe was a member of the 307th BG - 370th BS flying B-47's at the time of his death.

Buried

Antioch, Cass County, Texas 15 October 1956 Antioch Cemetery Cass County, Texas, USA Add to Map Plot Section B, Row 9

Other

Texarkana, TX

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7488/NYT715_6848-0784?pid=30372348…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_in_aviation

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104401488
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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 & Brassfield, p345