Edward G Mello Jr
MilitaryElmer S. Anderson Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right - Harry F. Faggetter (N), Elmer S. Anderson (P), Unidentified person, Edward G. Mello (FE), Andrew W. Jesinkowski (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Calvin T. Morton (CP), William R. Taylor (TG), Verl W. Bell (BT)
Sitting in Front: Harry L. Lewis (G)
466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Eddie dropped out of high school to join the Navy but was turned down due to color vision issues so he next tried and succeeded in joining the Army Air Corps. Went to war at age 20 and flew 16 missions (See media for descriptions of the missions). After WWII he stayed on in the reserves and worked for New England Telephone, raising his family in New Bedford, MA. He has one daughter and three sons. He lost his wife of 60 years in January 2018. To this day I still question him and learn new things.
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- Date: 11 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 31 March 1945
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Massachusetts, USA | 11 October 1924 | Born and raised in New Bedford, MA. His father was a Navy Veteran of WWI. Grandparents came from the Azores. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 18 February 1943 | Measured at 5'10", 137 lbs. at time of enlistment |
New Bedford, MA, USA | Still in the house he and my mother bought in 1957 |
Revisions
466th BG Archives - Operations Order #10 - 787th BS - 1 June 1945 (Operation Home Run)
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 348