David C Messer
Military
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UPL 7448
SSGT David C. Messer
Ball Turret Gunner
Forest M. Musgrave Crew - Crew #508
466th BG - 785th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Ball Turret Gunner
Forest M. Musgrave Crew - Crew #508
466th BG - 785th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Flew at least 7 missions with the 466th BG as BTG on the Forest M. Musgrave Crew
Flew only 1 mission with 44th BG then transferred to 15th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: 44th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677848
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Sterling City, TX 76951, USA | 25 May 1955 | Killed in crash of B36J #52-2818 of the 6th BW. All 14 on board were KIA. |
Erwin, NC, USA |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
44th BG newsletter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia