Richard C Baynes

Military
media-6604.jpeg UPL 6604 Richard C. Baynes Crew
Crew #731
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Harold D. Bailey (TG), Lester R. Walters (FE), Harvey B. Walton (WG), Linwood W. Wheeler (BTG), Lester O. Nichoson (R/O), John H. Gattis (WG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Lloyd B. Holden (N), Ralph W. Dennings (B), Seymour Friedman (CP), Richard C. Baynes (P)

This crew completed a 35 mission tour: 11 July 1944 - 1 November 1944

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 6604 - Richard C. Baynes Crew Crew #731 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Harold D. Bailey (TG), Lester R. Walters (FE), Harvey B. Walton...

35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library.



Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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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?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38037016
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gallopin Ghost
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-24 Liberator (T9-Z, serial number 42-50488) nicknamed "Polaris II" of the 466th Bomb Group. The propellor of the aircraft lies a short distance away from the wing. First handwritten caption on reverse: '2/1/45 B-24 250488, 466.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '466 BG Attlebridge, Norfolk PFF A/C repaired and used by 785 BS on 189 mission 25/2/45.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris II
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 19 October 1944
  • Date: 5 October 1944
  • Date: 14 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mansfield, Pennsylvania 6 May 1924

Other

Mission

RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent ME14, UK 10 September 1944 Had to emergency land B-24H-15-CF #41-29358 "Ol' Soak" at Detling. The nose wheel collapsed and the forward fuselage was damaged.

Other

Gas Haul Mission

Clastres, France 19 September 1944 1500 gallons of 80 octane gas

Other

Gas Haul Mission

Lille, France 21 September 1944 1400 gallons of 80 octane gas

Other

Gas Haul Mission

Lille, France 23 September 1944 1800 gallons

Other

Gas Haul Mission

Saint-Dizier, France 25 September 1944 1700 gallons

Other

Gas Haul Mission

Saint-Dizier, France 29 September 1944

Other

Mission

Mainz, Germany 19 October 1944 Flew an operational mission to Mainz. Heavy flak. No fighters. Flak hole. Tail gunner passed out.

Died

California, USA 26 January 2013

Buried

18 October 2013 Arlington National Cemetery Section 66 Grave 6930

Revisions

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Attlebridge Diaries - Woolnough

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Attlebridge Arsenal

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 201

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