Eddie Brighty
Civilian
Crew #564
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Judge Perry (G), Roland Cappiello (R/O), Richard Kissinger (CP), Jim Pentz (N), Charles Saxon (P), Sid DuBois (G), Paul Harney (G), Lenny Fisler (G)
Front: Eddie Brighty - local English boy living whose house was very close to the Saxon Crew's quarters.
Not in photo: William Cherry (FE), Jim Larson (B)
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 6910 - Charles D. Saxon Crew Crew #564 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Judge Perry (G), Roland Cappiello (R/O), Richard Kissinger (CP),...
English boy who lived in Weston Longville, near the 785th BS officer's quarters. Befriended the officers of the Charles Saxon Crew and the Earl Wassom Crew among others. He would sometimes light the fire in the barrack hut of the Charles Saxon crew.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700581
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
Norwich, UK | 23 July 2015 |
Revisions
Featured in a film "Attlebridge Voices" produced by Bill Curtis and Paul Hindle. Uploaded to the American Air Museum website with the kind permission of Bill Curtis.
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, p 343
