John C Welsh
Military
John C. Welsh Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (RN), John C. Welsh (P), Edward W. Winter (N), Donald Dowdell (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Unidentified, Herman Young (G), Harold Westby (PN), Paul Kaufmann (TTG)
Not in photo: John Belanger (TG), Vincent Palmer (FE)
This crew completed 7 missions with the 785th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS where they completed an additional 23 missions as a lead crew. 466th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 16097 - Crew #565/473 John C. Welsh Crew 466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon...
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42090419
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Pilotage Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 October 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Columbus, Ohio | 30 September 1922 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
RAF Attlebridge | 6 October 1944 - 9 April 1945 | Flew 7 combat mission with the 785th BS Flew 23 combat missions as a lead crew with the 784th BS |
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Died |
Dayton, Ohio | 10 October 1996 | |
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Buried |
Delaware, Ohio | 14 October 1996 | Oak Grove Cemetery Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, USA |
| Columbus, OH, USA | 167 West 9th Street |
Revisions
"Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 259
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 137 Karlsruhe, Germany - 5 November 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64293507
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5763&h=2189372…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom, page 259
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 331