John Suchiu
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mijenaleck in B-24 'Lady Lighting' #42-52597
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William Benjamin Gatlin
Military
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2LT William B. Gatlin Bombardier Crew #725 - John Suchiu Crew 466th BG - 787th BS
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GATLIN, William B. 2LT O-691887 Air Medal Certificate GO# 117 02 Jul 1944
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MACR 8428 42-52597 "Lady Lightning" 466th BG | 787th BS 15 Aug 1944
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mijenaleck on 8/15/44 in B-24 #42-52597 'Lady Lighting'
POW
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... -
787th 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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| Born | Atlanta, GA, USA | 30 July 1922 |
| Lived in | Atlanta, GA, USA | 1942 |
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332 Hopkins Street SW |
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| Shot Down | 8351 Wapserveen, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 |
| POW | Zagan, Poland | September 1944 – May 1945 |
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Stalag Luft 3 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 March 2020 20:10:19 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 July 2015 18:24:42 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, role, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8428 |
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