Orville Spelee Good

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16522.jpeg UPL 16522 SGT Orville S. Good
Left Waist Gunner
Crew #515 - Robert L. Garrett Crew
466th BG -785th BS

SGT Good was KIA on 23 March 1944 when his B-24 collided with another 466th BG B-24 over Holland

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Object Number - UPL 16522 - SGT Orville S. Good Left Waist Gunner Crew #515 - Robert L. Garrett Crew 466th BG -785th BS SGT Good was KIA on 23 March 1944 when his B-24...

B-24H #42-52587 'Shoo Shoo Baby' crashed near Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

Robert L Garrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803596
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52587

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th 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

Enlisted

Anniston, AL, USA 9 December 1942 Fort McClellan

Born

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Buried

Plot H Row 9 Grave 20 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Belterwijde, Netherlands 23 March 1944
Madison County, AL, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3455 / MACR 3455, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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