Rex Lester Tabor

Military

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Units served with

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

John H Blumenstock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705103
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50373

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard T Find
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

44-49582

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fran
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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

Born

Shell Rock, Iowa 2 June 1922

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California 24 March 1943

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 25 August 1944 - 19 March 1945 Completed a 30 mission tour

Died

La Palma, California 1 August 2012
Los Angeles, California

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8825&h=75095&t…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7746391

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ContributorMarcia466BG
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Sources

466th BG Daily Reports; US Federal census Records; Social Security Death Record: Iowa WWII Veteran Compensation Application; NARA enlistment records.

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ContributorMarcia466BG
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466th BG Daily Reports: US Federal Census Records; Iowa Veterans Compensation Application; Social Security Death Index.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 351