William W Pond
Military
media-16103.jpeg
UPL 16103
Crew #553
Melvin D. Westbrook Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Melvin D. Westbrook (P), Leonard Seigel (B), William Pond (CP), Richard Cramer (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: William Rogers (TTG), Richard Chapdelaine (TG), John Roche (NG), Woodrow Werner (R/O), John Mimnaugh (BTG), Roy Finley (FE)
This crew completed a 35 mission tour. Westbrook and Pond would move on to the 492nd BG where they flew missions to Sweden for the OSS 466th Bomb Group collection
Melvin D. Westbrook Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Melvin D. Westbrook (P), Leonard Seigel (B), William Pond (CP), Richard Cramer (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: William Rogers (TTG), Richard Chapdelaine (TG), John Roche (NG), Woodrow Werner (R/O), John Mimnaugh (BTG), Roy Finley (FE)
This crew completed a 35 mission tour. Westbrook and Pond would move on to the 492nd BG where they flew missions to Sweden for the OSS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Consolidated Mess
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | 18 November 1942 | |
Duluth, MN, USA | 985 8th Avenue |
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
8th AF News, March 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia