466th Bomb Group
Group
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Object Number - FRE 1935 - 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)...
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 occasion. The Group flew missions against strategic objectives like U-boat installations in Kiel, ball bearing works in Berlin, aircraft factories in Munich and oil refineries in Hamburg. Remarkably, the 785th Bomb Squadron flew 55 consecutive missions without loss.
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Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-19497
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group Headquarters (96th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander - 466th
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-22487
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Chief of Staff; Commanding Officer
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Attlebridge | 7 March 1944 - 6 July 1945 |
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Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16613
- Description: Interview with William Horney and Jerre Williams
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16614
- Description: Interview with Ralph Lynn and Elmo Maiden
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16624
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Davis & Leopold interview
- Object Number: UPL 16626
- Description: At 3:02 the caption shows Herbert Leopold's name, which is in error. The individual shown is Co-Pilot Thomas J. Welch. In the photo of the Robert W...
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 26961
- Description: Interview conducted on October 21, 2000 at the 8th Air Force Historical Society Reunion, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Participants included the crew...
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 28096
- Description: Bob Harrington discusses the crew of his B-24 "Troublemaker" in a 2004 interview.
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 28097
- Description: Bob Harrington describes his final mission, August 15, 1944, in a 2004 interview.
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 28110
- Description: Bob Harrington describes his aircraft and flying combat missions, from a 2004 interview.
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 28111
- Description: Bob Harrington describes the attack on his substitute aircraft, "Ramblin' Wreck," on August 15, 1944, following a successful bombing attack on a...
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 28112
- Description: Bob Harrington describes bailing out of his crippled B-24, "Ramblin' Wreck," and evading capture in occupied Holland with the assistance of Dutch...
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 29175
- Description: Video and photographs of the memorial to the 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Attlebridge Station 120.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15822
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Robert M Lunquist of the 466th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 37383
- Description: Technical Sergeant Lester J. Nichoson, Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group, 787th Bomb Squadron. His Diary - July 11 1944 to November 2 1944 - 35...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 54800
- Description: Die Liberator "Penthouse for Ten" des amerikanischen Piloten Harry McGregor: Abgestürzt am 9. August 1944 am Dickenberg bei Püttlingen 1 Von Klaus...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 85215
- Description: Pilot logbook of James Griffiths (B-24 Parson's Chariot, 466th Bomb Group, 786th Squadron). This is the original pilot logbook James Griffiths kept...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 85230
- Description: Pilot logbook of James Griffiths (B-24 Parson's Chariot, 466th Bomb Group, 786th Squadron). This logbook was transcribed by James from the smaller...
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
