Arthur Kraft
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
First 466th BG pilot to complete 30 missions.
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Robert Carr
Military
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Crew #407 Arthur A. Kraft Crew Standing Left to Right: Robert Carr (WG), Jose V. Monfort (N), Charles Hughes (FE), Norman Siegel (B), Clarence Cless (G), Joseph O'Flaherty (CP), James Bates (WG) Arthur A. Kraft (P), Peter Danylo (TG), Charles Greene (R/O) Kneeling Left to Right: Sgt. Tobin (GC), Sgt. Pajack (GC), MSgt William W. Wallace (GCC)
Service
People
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... -
784th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52597 Lady Lightning
B-24 Liberator
Our pilot (Arthur Kraft) picked the plane up at the Willow Run factory and had to sign a $50,000 voucher. We were a new group. In February 1944 we took off from West Palm Beach, FL, stopped in Trinidad and then on to Belem, Brazil. From there we went...
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
| Event | Location | Date |
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| 466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK | 22 March 1944 – 5 June 1944 |
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Completed 30 combat missions |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 July 2016 01:51:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events and aircraft associations |
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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2015 04:20:19 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:50 | 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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