Merrill G Bradlee
Military
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UPL 6899
James B. Carter Crew - Crew #654 - 466th BG - 786th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edwin McGinty (CP), Eugene Dillinger (B), James B. Carter (P), John R. Loeper (N), Unknown
Kneeling Left to Right: Merrill Bradlee (RWG), Seymour Kopels (TG), Ralph McGrath (R/O), Ward Hauenstein (FE), Herman Juneau (LWG), Leslie Fossey (NG)
Standing Left to Right: Edwin McGinty (CP), Eugene Dillinger (B), James B. Carter (P), John R. Loeper (N), Unknown
Kneeling Left to Right: Merrill Bradlee (RWG), Seymour Kopels (TG), Ralph McGrath (R/O), Ward Hauenstein (FE), Herman Juneau (LWG), Leslie Fossey (NG)
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT ATTLEBRIDGE - 466th BG Historian
35 Missions, some easy, some tough. Never hit by fighters, usually took some flak. No one on crew wounded or killed.
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 4 Battle Stars
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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 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big Fat Mama
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 93rd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 328th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | 17 August 1921 | |
Other Combat Mission |
Hallendorf, 38229 Salzgitter, Germany | 14 January 1945 | The worst mission might have been to bomb the Herman Goering Steel Works at Hallendorf. Heavy barrage flak. Our #1 engine was knocked out. Gas lines were cut. The electrical system went out. About 25 hits on the plane in total. We had to drop out of formation and come home alone. |
Other Combat Mission |
Peine, Germany | 22 February 1945 | Our 29th mission marked a first for us. We bombed the marshaling yards at Peine. We flew in at 18,000 feet, but dropped down to 9,000 feet to bomb the target. Saw one ship in the 458th BG lose it's entire left wing and spin in. No one got out. |
Palm Harbor, FL, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self