Clayton F Marshall

Military
media-6364.jpeg UPL 6364 Crew #474 - 466th BG - 784th BS
Bigby Parrott Crew
Standing Left to Right: Bigby Parrott (P), Eugene Drebert (N), Regis O'Rourke (RN), Fred Marshall (E), Elmer Horne (TG), Charles Conner (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Irbin Bailey (CP), John Morse (B), George Hort (R/O), Raymond Smith (WG), Albert Paschale (NG)

B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J H2X equipped lead aircraft

466th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 6364 - Crew #474 - 466th BG - 784th BS Bigby Parrott Crew Standing Left to Right: Bigby Parrott (P), Eugene Drebert (N), Regis O'Rourke (RN), Fred...

Missions: 1944 - Oct 7 Magdeburg; 14 Kaiserslautern; 22 Hamm; 25 Gelsinkirchen; Nov 2 Castrop Rauxel; 6 Sterkrade; 11 Bottrop; 21 Harburg; 26 Bielefeld; Dec 10 Bingen; 12 Aschaffenburg; 28 St. Wendel; 1945 - Jan 3 Zweibrucken; 8 Whittlich; 16 Dresden; 31 Brunswick; Feb 6 Magdeburg; 9 Magdeburg; 11 Dulmen; 16 Osnabruck; 21 Nuremburg; 22 Peine; Mar 1 Ingolstadt; 7 Soest; 11 Kiel; 17 Hannover; 18 Berlin; 23 Osnabruck; 31 Brunswick; Apr 4 Perleberg. Flew in 'Mama's Little Angel,' 'Betta Duck,' 'Mamie Yokum,' 'Generator Jenny,' 'Slick Chick,' 'Ghost Too,' 'Jennie,' ' That Red-Headed Gal,' 'Black Cat,' 'Duffy's Tavern,' and 'White Elephant. '



ETO Ribbon w/ 4 Battle Stars/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster

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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

Bigby C Parrott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51699

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Duffy's Tavern
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

42-95609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ghost Too
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

44-10558

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ma's Lil Angel
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

44-40320

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Generator Jenny
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron 860th Bomb Squadron

44-49626

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: White Elephant
  • 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

Enlisted

Akron, OH, USA 1 June 1943
Locust Grove, VA 22508, USA

Born

Ohio, USA
Carroll County, OH, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- self ;
- Page 340 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Archives
Written Interview with Clayton "Fred" Marshall - 12 April 1999

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