Elmo Maiden
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Kenneth W Chester
Military
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Crew #664 Elmo Maiden Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Bernard M. Atkins (TG), Vernon R. Hayden (WG), William R. Hoopes (B), Gustave J. Roussel (E), Guerino G. Petti (N), Herbert Rosenkoff (CP), William A. Thomason (TT), Elmo Maiden (P), Kenneth W. Chester (NG), Joseph R. Zebrowski (R/O) B-24J-5-DT #42-51532 Code: U8-W Photo taken on 27 December 1944 after crash landing at an airfield in Belgium.
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Crew #664 Elmo Maiden Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Bernard Atkins (TG), Guerino Petti (N), Elmo Maiden (P), Herbert Rosenkoff (G), Kenneth Chester (NG) Kneeling Left to Right: Vernon Hayden (WG), Joseph Zebrowski (R/O), Gustave Roussel (FE), William Thomason (TTG)
Service
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
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... -
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
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Revisions
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| 17 December 2014 02:11:14 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| 27 September 2014 18:18:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 and Brassfield, page 344 |
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