LAST AMERICAN BOMBER LOST BEFORE THE

GERMAN SURRENDER

Photo Credit: American Air Museum in Britain

Richard Farrington Crew

Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G)

This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA.

A wonderful account of the Black Cat Story has been written by the radio-operator's nephew and historian Thomas Childers:

WINGS OF THE MORNING

a great read and available through AMAZON.COM

 


ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL

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Send check to: Bill Curtis, 466th BGA, 515 West Ariel Ave. Foley, Alabama  36535



466th Veteran's Story of Survival as POW

   
   Ned Handy, was flight engineer on the Tedrowe Crew# 603 when they were shot down by German fighters on April 11 1944. 2 of the crew were KIA and the rest of the crew were POW's This was their fourth combat mission.
His vivid account of survival in Stalag 17 is a gripping tale and description of the POW's life. It is one of the all-time best books on the subject. (BC)
It is available at AMAZON.COM
Attlebridge Diaries by John Woolnough is a compilation of mission diaries of 466th Crewmen with accounts of every mission flown by the 466th. It records their  jubilation, their grief, their fears, their tragic losses, and their longing for home. It is a great research tool. It has had multiple printings but is still in demand. The 466th BGA is not able to afford another printing, so we offer a copy in PDF file format which can be transferred via e-mail.