Anthony Loera
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698455
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Laden Maid
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oakland, California | 24 July 1922 | |
Enlisted |
San Francisco, California | 19 January 1943 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, UK | 23 March 1944 - 8 July 1944 | "On one of our missions, I don't recall which one, our radio operator, Anthony Loera, reached down to pick up his flak helmet from the floor as the flak was getting pretty heavy. He found that it had been shot full of holes. It saved his life." - Russell McNair, Crew #614 Navigator |
Alameda County, California | |||
Roseville, California |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7354912
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2238/43995_01_00101-02036?pid=1728…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1788&h=2514134…
466th bG Archives - Letter/Questionnaire sent by Russell McNair to Chris Brassfield, circa 2003
ContributorLeftcoast3CE
Changes
Sources
Painting of U8-M Laden Maid at Attleborough Visitors' Center listing the names of the original crew on a plaque
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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