Manfred Stein

Military
media-18008.jpeg UPL 18008 Crew #502
William E. Champney Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
The only people identified in the photo are:

Harold L. Wilson (G) - standing 2nd from left
Lloyd A. Goodale (B) - standing 4th from left
Gerald L. Barker (CP) - standing 5th from left
Clifford O. Anderson (N) - kneeling 4th from left
William E. Champney (P) - kneeling 5th from left

The other crew members were: Frank Peck, Leo Salts, William Barnett, William Summerlin, Kenneth Robinson and Manfred Stein

This crew was an original crew of the 466th BG and completed a 30 mission tour: 23 March 1944 - 23 June 1944
466th Bomb Group collection

Christopher Wilson - Harold Wilsons great-nephew

Object Number - UPL 18008 - Crew #502 William E. Champney Crew 466th BG - 785th BS The only people identified in the photo are: Harold L. Wilson (G) - standing 2nd from...

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spare Parts
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Out of Season - Dont Shoot
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, NY, USA 19 November 1921

Enlisted

Middletown, PA 17057, USA 8 September 1942 Olmsted AAF

Other

Wounded In Action

Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944 Received a serious wound in his left leg from fire from German fighters on this, his 5th mission. He was not able to return to combat as he was hospitalized for 24 montsh

Died

Sylvania, OH, USA 5 January 2014 Manfred "Manny" Stein, born November 19, 1921, in New York, Borough of Bronx, to William and Bertha Stein, passed away January 5, 2014. Following High School,he went into the National Youth Administration. When WWII broke out, he resigned as a Junior Aircraft Mechanic to accept a job at Middletown Airbase. While there, he met his first wife, Jane, who died in a tragic car accident after 5 years of marriage. He then met and married Skip Lighty, who became his second wife. He and Skip had two children, Terry and Craig. Skip died of heart failure in 1989. On February 12, 1991, he met Virginia Cutlip, and married February 20, 2000. Virginia died July 31, 2010. In 1942, Manny enlisted in the Army Air Corps where he received extensive training as a 50 caliber machine gun operator. He was assigned to a B-24. After flying five missions on Nazi Germany, they were attacked by Nazi aircraft, where Manny sustained serious injuries to his left leg and was in the hospital for 24 months. He was medically discharged and attended college under the GI Bill through the Aeronautical University in Chicago, Illinois. Upon graduation, he accepted a position at Martin Marietta in Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked as an aerospace engineer for 15 years. An opportunity opened at Kennedy Space Center, where he worked on the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle projects. He was awarded many honors including the prestigious NASA Silver Snoopy Award. Manny retired in 1987. Since living in Sylvania with his son, Rodney, Manny had the opportunity to go on an Honor Flight on November 13, 2010, to Washington, DC with other WWII veterans from Dayton, Ohio. This was a trip he would always remember. He is preceded in death by his sisters, Ruth and Beatrice, and his wife, Virginia (Cutlip). He is survived by daughter, Terry (Art) Potthast, and son, Craig (Julie) Stein; stepsons, Ricky (Kristal), Rodney (Sharon) and Rocky (Sharon); 11 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. He loved talking about WWII and flying as a waist gunner on B-24 aircraft with his grandsons and making bets of hamburgers and milkshakes on the Tigers vs. Giants with grandsons, Joe Marshke and Scott Clemente. Friends will be received at the Walker Funeral Home 5155 Sylvania Ave. (west of Corey) on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, from 5-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Toledo Memorial Park in the Chapel of Peace on Thursday, at 11 a.m. The family suggests memorials to Honor Flight. Condolences may be sent to the family at - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?pid=168947815#sthash.at0mPRu0.dpuf

Buried

Toledo, OH, USA 9 January 2014 Toledo Memorial Park 6382 Monroe Street, Sylvania, OH 43560, United States

Other

Worked on the Manned Space Flight Program

Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA Received NASA's prestigious "Silver Snoopy" award for his excellent work in manned space flight

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Information from his son, Craig Stein.

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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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 351

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