Edward C Mertzlufft
Military
Harold A. Read Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Edward Mertzlufft (B), Robert I. Garrett (N), Arthur P. Stewart (CP), Harold A. Read (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: Arthur H. McNeil (WG), Joseph LaJudice (FE), Jay H. Esser (TG), Robert J. Mains (R/O), Randall L. Lough (BTG/WG), Vincent J. Tavato (WG)
This crew flew seven missions with the 786th BS and four missions with the 784th BS as a lead crew before hostilities ended 466th Bomb Group collection
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Object Number - UPL 20281 - Crew #690/494 Harold A. Read Crew 466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Edward Mertzlufft (B), Robert I. Garrett...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-834002
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Parson's Chariot
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Cat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Chief
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 24 June 1925 | |
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Died |
Burnt Hills, Ballston, NY 12027, USA | 21 June 2012 | Edward C. Mertzlufft, 87, of Burnt Hills, passed away peacefully at his home on June 21, 2012. Born in Buffalo NY, he was the son of the late Joseph and Margaret Zenger Mertzlufft. Ed was a graduate of Syracuse University and worked in management for General Electric Co., where he spent time with his position in several areas in the eastern region of the United States. Ed was a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, where he was decorated with numerous citations and medals as a bombardier. Ed was married on June 14, 1947, to Elaine Kaiser, until her passing in 1995. Mr. Mertzlufft for many years was senior manager for employee relations in the Apparatus Service Division of General Electric Company in Schenectady. The Mertzlufft family has lived in the Burnt Hills area since 1974. Ed was a devout Catholic, always involved with his church and various ministries. He was a member of the Elfun Society and had much contact with past employees and friends over the years. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Elaine Mertzlufft; his brothers, Joseph and Dan; and his sister, Jane Yates. - See more at: http://obits.syracuse.com/obituaries/syracuse/obituary.aspx?pid=158216341#sthash.BKeVoWsh.dpuf |
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Buried |
Glenville, NY 12010, USA | 26 June 2012 | Saint Anthony Cemetery Glenville Schenectady County New York, USA |
| Syracuse, NY, USA | 809 Onondaga Avenue |
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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, page 348