Edmund B Knoll

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21666.jpeg UPL 21666 Edmund B Knoll - Garner, 466th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21666 - Edmund B Knoll - Garner, 466th BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA) at Tennenheide in B-24 #4251273



(Cannot find any reference to a place called "Tennenheide, Germany") Reports were the crash was in the Dummer Lake (Dummer See) region.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Howard W Greiner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert E Shaddy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37483851
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-51273

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Garnor, Iowa, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dümmer, Germany 2 March 1945

Buried

Plot A Row 12 Grave 20 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium
Garfield, IA 52574, USA

Revisions

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Edmund B Knoll: Gallery (3 items)

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Object number: UPL 21666 - Edmund B Knoll - Garner, 466th BG, KIA