Frederick Melvin Gran

Military
media-22519.jpeg UPL 22519 1LT Frederick M. Gran
Pilot - Crew #728
466th BG - 787th & 784th BS

Mary Gran Vannett (daughter)

Object Number - UPL 22519 - 1LT Frederick M. Gran Pilot - Crew #728 466th BG - 787th & 784th BS

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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

Frederick J Bogue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-696198
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Myron E Calkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699129
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Harvey E Hill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18070594
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Robert L Labrecque

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35370490
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

James C McCauley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38412822
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

42-51094

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gran Slam
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

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

Minot, ND, USA 20 February 1919

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 25 April 1944 - 4 August 1944

Died

Minot, ND, USA 6 October 1979

Buried

Minot, ND, USA 9 October 1979 Rose Hill Cemetery Minot North Dakota
Minot, ND, USA 1044 3rd Avenue

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Gran Family Papers - Mary Gran Vannett

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Mary Gran Vannett (daughter)
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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 & Brassfield, p345

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