Joseph J Cecil

Military
media-7046.jpeg UPL 7046 Crew #422 & #538
Raymond W. Meyer Crew
466th BG - 784th and 785th Bomb Squadrons
A/C in the photo appears to be B-24J-120-CO 42-109985 which appears to have flown combat with the 5th AF in the Pacific

Standing Left to Right: William M. Goodwin (N), John E. Meyer (B), Joseph J. Cecil (CP), Raymond W. Meyer (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: Myron Shriver (FE), Edward Villard (BTG), Tony Tuffe (NG), Richard Berner (TG), Roy Dinan (R/O), Joseph Balistro (TTG)

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7046 - Crew #422 & #538 Raymond W. Meyer Crew 466th BG - 784th and 785th Bomb Squadrons A/C in the photo appears to be B-24J-120-CO 42-109985 which...

He worked for Douglas Aircraft Long Beach before enlisting in 1942. In April 1944 he joined the group at Attlebridge in Norfolk where he flew on 35 combat missions; his most memorable that in support of the D-Day landings. After the war he went back to Douglas then to college where he obtained a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine.

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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

Raymond William Meyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th 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

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Born

Spirit Lake, Iowa
Logan, IA 51546, USA

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Iowans of the Might 8th

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Joseph J Cecil: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 30720 - First Lieutenant Joseph J. Cecil , Co-Pilot, 466th...

Object number: UPL 7046 - Crew #422 & #538 Raymond W. Meyer Crew 466th BG -...