Merle Gene Dibble

Military
media-56825.png UPL 56825 2nd Lt Merle G Dibble, 486BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56825 - 2nd Lt Merle G Dibble, 486BG.

Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

 

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Roger James Dibble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 17114490 / O-2009502
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

L Hansmon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Joseph J Matiash

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert J McIntosh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

John W Piver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-37942

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flippy, The Blue Fairy
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rock Rapids, IA 17 May 1924 Son of Herbert L. and Sarah Dibble. Brother of Roger Dibble.

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN 20 November 1942 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Other

Discharged USAAF

20 January 1946 Honourable discharge.

Died

Pipestone, MN 17 June 1988

Buried

Saint Leo CemeteryPipestone, Pipestone County, MN 20 June 1988 Saint Leo Cemetery Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota

Based

Sudbury Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added an association to Merle Dibble and the A/C #43-37942 listed in the description section for the A/C #43-37942.

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

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Object number: UPL 56825 - 2nd Lt Merle G Dibble, 486BG.