William W Pond
Military
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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
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-701984
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Damifino
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Super Chief
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dixie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Generator Jenny
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron 860th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | 18 November 1942 | |
Duluth, MN, USA | 985 8th Avenue |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
8th AF News, March 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia