Del Mont Everton

Military
media-7082.jpeg UPL 7082 Del M. Everton Crew
Crew # 425 & #537
466th BG - 784th and 785th Bomb Squadrons

Standing Left to Right: Del M. Everton (P), Jack M. Crowell (CP), Norman Greenfield (B), Ralph J. Chmurski (N), William Tuell (R/O)

Kneeling Left to Right: Manuel Vivaras (TG), Jack Lobdell (FE), Arthur Riley (WG), Ben Wodowicki (NG), Ken Peters (BTG)

This crew flew 11 missions with the 784th BS and 20 missions with the 785th BS

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 7082 - Del M. Everton Crew Crew # 425 & #537 466th BG - 784th and 785th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Del M. Everton (P), Jack M. Crowell...


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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

Ralph Joseph Chmurski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16089692 / O-703700
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Norman Greenfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator

Ken Peters

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William Tuell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Manuel J Viveros

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31289754
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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

Fort Sam Houston, Texas 9 October 1919

Other

466th BG Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 30 May 1944 - 18 August 1944 Flew 31 combat missions during this time period. May have stayed on with the 466th in a squadron level position where he may have flown more missions.

Died

Luling, TX 6 August 2009

Buried

Luling City Cemetery Luling, Caldwell County, TX 9 August 2009 Luling City Cemetery Luling, Caldwell County, Texas
Abilene, TX, USA 1945 Simmons Avenue

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=8572575…

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122966144/del-mont-everton

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466th BG Historian

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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 / self

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