Guy Edmundson

Military
media-7048.jpeg UPL 7048 Crew #646/470
Vernon E. Norton Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
B-24H-15-FO #42-52509 "Ain't Mis Behavin" Code: T9-Q

Standing Left to Right: William R. Pearson (B), Nelson (N), Crodan? (CP), Unknown

Middle Row Left to Right: John Chernicky (WG), Unknown person, Fred Wiliams (FE)

Front Row Left to Right: William Brown (WG), Vernon E. Norton (P), Mike Maykut (RG), Guy Edmundson (R/O), Wally Williams (G)

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 7048 - Crew #646/470 Vernon E. Norton Crew 466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons B-24H-15-FO #42-52509 "Ain't Mis Behavin" Code: T9-Q Standing...

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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?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Vernon E Norton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Perryville, MD, USA 7 October 1919

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich NR9, UK 28 July 1944 - 16 January 1945 Completed a 34 mission tour

Died

15 September 2010
Smyrna, DE 19977, USA

Buried

26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro, DE 19966, USA Delaware Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro, Delaware

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Daughter and son in law;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Archive papers - 2003 Roster

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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ContributorAAM
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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, p345

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