Adolfos Joseph Antanaitis

Military

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An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

416th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Galen Fuller Bartmus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron 2911th Bomb Squadron (Provisional)
  • Service Numbers: O-730844
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arvid Roy Hand

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748066
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator

Harold Reid Hedrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 668th Bomb Squadron 416th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14165008
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Robert Douglas Lesher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684361
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alfred Harold Maltby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747669
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator

Aircraft

43-9207

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron

43-9444

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Timmy II
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

43-9684

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group

43-9745

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Sugar Baby
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Manchester, New Hampshire 9 August 1918

Enlisted

Manchester, New Hampshire 23 July 1942

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Poix Airfield, France 3 March 1944

Died

Colchester, Connecticut 30 August 2005

Buried

Bedford, New Hampshire 4 September 2005 Saint Joseph Cemetery 448 Donald Street Bedford, NH 03110
Londonderry, New Hampshire Worked for the Fleischer Shoe Company

Other

Crashed/Wounded In Action/Purple Heart

Near Little Hadham, UK On the last day of the month, Staff Sergeant Adolfos J. Antanaitis, armorer-gunner, suffered a broken leg when his pilot, Lieutenant Lesher, successfully crash-landed his aircraft in Southern England. after he had lost an engine en route to the target. Antaniatis suffered breaks in both his tibula and fibia, which ended his combat tour

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