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44-10545 Bottle Butt's Buggy

media-15989.jpeg UPL 15989 B-24J-60-CF #44-10545 "Bottle Butt's Buggy" Code: 2U-B
466th BG - 785th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 15989 - B-24J-60-CF #44-10545 "Bottle Butt's Buggy" Code: 2U-B 466th BG - 785th BS

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Units served with

466th Bomb Group

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

785th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joseph Sidney Almand

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-720421
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth M Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group
Service Numbers: 37582014
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Gunner

Leonard D Badolato

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31440138
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Gunner

Robert A Beeman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

John H Bordagaray

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39010649
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Gunner

Missions

863

Date: 4 March 1945

741

Date: 6 December 1944

731

Date: 30 November 1944

725

Date: 26 November 1944

685

Date: 22 October 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Combat Mission	Hamburg, Germany	21 November 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Oil Refinery & storage Flying Time: 6:45
Other Combat Mission	Bielefeld, Germany	26 November 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Railroad Viaduct/Bridge Flying Time: 5:20
Other Combat Mission	Bielefeld, Germany	29 November 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Railroad Viaduct/Bridge Flying Time: 5:20
Other Combat Mission	Karlsruhe, Germany	11 December 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Railroad Yard Flying Time: 7:20
Other Combat Mission	54614 Schönecken, Germany	24 December 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Support of ground troops during the Battle of the Bulge Flying Time: 6:00
Other Combat Mission	54595 Prüm, Germany	25 December 1944	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 German troop positions and transportation junctions in support of Allied troops during the Battle of The Bulge. Flying Time: 5:00
Other Combat Mission	Rastatt, Germany	7 January 1945	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 German troop and transport targets Flying time: 7:20
Other Combat Mission	Magdeburg, Germany	3 February 1945	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Oil Refinery & Storage Flying Time: 7:00
Other Combat Mission	Magdeburg, Germany	9 February 1945	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Oil Refinery & Storage Flying Time: 7:00
Other Combat Mission	Dillenburg, Germany	8 March 1945	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Rail Yard Flying Time: 7:00
Other Combat Mission	Berlin, Germany	18 March 1945	Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Ordinance Plant & storage Flight Time: 7:00 This was the final combat mission for the Wassom Crew
Other Combat Mission	Dortmund, Germany		Earl Wassom Crew - Crew #554 Coaking Plant Flying Time: 6:25