Fred A Knapp

Military
media-33949.jpeg UPL 33949 1LT Fred A. Knapp
Pilot - Crew #429
466th BG - 784th BS Fred A Knapp collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 33949 - 1LT Fred A. Knapp Pilot - Crew #429 466th BG - 784th BS

Completed a 30 mission tour, 27 of which were with the 466th BG

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Units served with

People

Aircraft

Missions

665

  • Date: 5 October 1944
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

619

  • Date: 10 September 1944

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Events

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Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 18 June 1944 - 3 January 1945 Completed a 30 combat mission tour. 21 as a lead pilot (3 of which were flown with the 93rd BG during lead crew training)
Amesbury, MA, USA 31 Mill Street

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466th BG Formation plan for 19 October 1944 - NARA

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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 157

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Andrew Knapp - Grandson of Fred Knapp

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466th BG Historian

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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 347

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