Hall Gray Carney

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17223.jpeg UPL 17223 Flight Officer Hall G. Carney
Bombardier
Crew #405 - Robert L. Mogford Crew
466th BG - 784th BS
KIA - 27 March 1944 when his a/c collided with another B-24 in a thick fog just after takeoff

Object Number - UPL 17223 - Flight Officer Hall G. Carney Bombardier Crew #405 - Robert L. Mogford Crew 466th BG - 784th BS KIA - 27 March 1944 when his a/c collided with...

Crashed after takeoff on a mission to Biarritz airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944 in B-24H #41-29364 'Stardust'. May have collided with another 466th plane in low visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-664034
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Stardust
  • 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).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Louisville, KY, USA 11 April 1941

Died

Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk, UK 27 March 1944 KIA when his a/c collided with another B-24 shortly after takeoff in a thick fog

Buried

1 April 1944 Plot C Row 5 Grave 75 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England

Born

Evanston, IL, USA

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 24, Attlebridge Arsenal p. 190 by Wassom and Brassfield, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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