Arthur A Danekas
Military
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UPL 7239
Crew #751 & #483
Ivan M. Wright Crew
466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Harold E. Hansen (B), Edward C. Brown (N), Edward M. Ritts (CP), Ivan M. Wright (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: John D. Van Nest (G), Arthur A. Danekas (G), Vern C. Rhoades (R/O), Robert P. Nichols (FE), John W. Fee (G), Geranld K. Novell (G)
Ivan M. Wright Crew
466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
B-24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Harold E. Hansen (B), Edward C. Brown (N), Edward M. Ritts (CP), Ivan M. Wright (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: John D. Van Nest (G), Arthur A. Danekas (G), Vern C. Rhoades (R/O), Robert P. Nichols (FE), John W. Fee (G), Geranld K. Novell (G)
466th BG Historian
See pilot, Ivan M. Wright, for list of missions.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-696499
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nebraska, USA | 28 August 1921 | |
Other Survived crash |
Eads, CO 81036, USA | 21 February 1944 | A Douglas built B-24H Liberator heavy bomber went out of control and crashed 6.5 miles north, northeast of Eads while on a night navigation flight from Pueblo AAB. Occupants of a house one mile east of the crash site witnessed the aircraft pass directly over their house and crash. Neighbors helped extinguish the prairie grass fire begun by the burning wreckage. Two men, S/Sgt. James W. Love, instructor engineer, and Cpl. Arthur A. Danekas, gunner, managed to parachute to safety just before the crash. The body of a third man was found in the stubble of a wheat field, his chute not deployed. |
Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 30 August 1944 - 25 March 1945 | |
Died |
Sacramento, CA, USA | 28 July 2006 | |
Utica, NE 68456, USA |
Revisions
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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 & Brassfield, page 345