Robert J Mains
Military
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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 (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
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
466th BG Historian
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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 |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Montgomery County, OH, USA | 8 May 1925 | |
Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 22 June 1943 | |
Died |
Montgomery County, OH, USA | 8 April 1979 | |
Buried |
Kettering, OH, USA | 11 April 1979 | Calvary Cemetery Kettering Montgomery County Ohio, USA |
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Sources
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