Monroe Behrens
Military | First Lieutenant | Radar (H2X) Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
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Military
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Military | First Lieutenant | Radar (H2X) Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | 466th Bomb Group
Military | 466th Bomb Group
Military | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 466th Bomb Group
Military | 466th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Member of White crew.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Michigan, USA | 13 February 1916 |
Lived in | Homer, MI 49245, USA | 1942 |
Route #1 |
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Overseas movement orders | Lincoln, NE, USA | 18 July 1944 |
Assigned B-24 #42-50709 |
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466th BG Combat Tour | Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 25 August 1944 – 19 March 1945 |
Flew 15 missions with the 786th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS and flew 15 missions as a lead crew |
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Commander | Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, AR 72076, USA | November 1958 – April 1959 |
6th Recon. Squadron |
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Died | East Lansing, MI, USA | 5 April 2001 |
Buried | Homer, MI 49245, USA | 8 April 2001 |
Fisher Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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04 April 2020 03:39:59 | 466thHistorian | Changes to aircraft associations |
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466th BG Formation Plan for 19 Oct 1944 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
11 September 2018 01:26:36 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, biography, events and mission associations |
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466th BG Archives - Letter from john Blumenstock to Chris Brassfield, 19 March 1998 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 November 2015 01:30:39 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, events and aircraft associations |
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Original Overseas Movment Order provided to John Blumenstock |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 August 2015 17:49:57 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:16:05 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 |