41-29387 - Snafu Snark - Snark
This is an early shot of the Snark. Here the shark mouth was repainted at least once. 466th Bomb Group collection
Punctuation marks removed from aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
The B-24H, 41-29387, named Snafu Snark, later named Snark, was an original 466th Bomb Group airplane. It flew combat missions from March 24, 1944 through August 8, 1944, when it crash landed at Manston emergency airfield, Kent, U.K. , on it's return from a mission to Clastres, France. It's fuel cells were changed, and extensive battle damage was repaired. The repairs were completed on Sep 17, 1944. It flew no more combat missions and was converted to a CB-24H and is recorded as salvaged by BAD 3, Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland, Nov 11, 1944.
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Units served with
- 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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13016506
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17152154
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-692287 and 35714917
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12187394
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Missions
- Date: 8 August 1944
- Date: 29 May 1944
- Date: 9 April 1944
- Date: 8 April 1944
- Date: 27 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other First 466th BG Combat Mission |
52100 Saint-Dizier, France | 24 March 1944 | |
Other Crash landed/Salvaged |
Manston, Ramsgate CT12 5BB, UK | 8 August 1944 |
Revisions
Changed first part of aircraft name, SNAFU, to lower case letters. - Kickapoo
Changed all instances of aircraft name into sentence case to as per best practice for accessibility.
MACR 7381 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database