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Monroe J Behrens

Military

  • Crew #409 Fred A. McConnell Crew 466th BG - 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Phillip Kreager (G), William F. Johnson (WG), Mevin D. Dyson (TG), Carl Lewis (WG), Elmer C. Vires (R/O), Harold K. Hardy (FE) Sitting Left to Right: Fred A. McConnell (P), Clyde S. Shrum (CP), Joseph R. Vance (N), George F. Soniak (B), John H. Ennis (PN), Monroe J. Behrens (RN) This crew completed a 30 combat mission tour. Many as a lead crew (note the additions of a Pilotage Navigator and Radar Navigator in the crew photo)

    Crew #409 Fred A. McConnell Crew 466th BG - 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Phillip Kreager (G), William F. Johnson (WG), Mevin D. Dyson (TG), Carl Lewis (WG), Elmer C. Vires (R/O), Harold K. Hardy (FE) Sitting Left to Right: Fred A. McConnell (P), Clyde S. Shrum (CP), Joseph R. Vance (N), George F. Soniak (B), John H. Ennis (PN), Monroe J. Behrens (RN) This crew completed a 30 combat mission tour. Many as a lead crew (note the additions of a Pilotage Navigator and Radar Navigator in the crew photo)

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Service

People

  • John Blumenstock

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
    Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel

  • Fred McConnell

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group

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Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    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...

  • 784th Bomb Squadron

    784th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Associated Place

  • Attlebridge

    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...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Wharton County, TX, USA 9 September 1915
Lived in East Bernard, TX, USA 1941
Enlisted Houston, TX, USA 31 March 1942
Died East Bernard, TX, USA 1 January 1974
Buried East Bernard, TX 77435, USA 4 January 1974

East Bernard Methodist Cemetery
East Bernard
Wharton County
Texas, USA
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
18114922
Highest rank
First Lieutenant
Role/job
Radar (H2X) Navigator
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
19 September 2016 23:23:42 466thHistorian Changes to events and person associations
Sources

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Behrens&GSfn=Monro...
Date Contributor Update
18 February 2015 16:56:45 466thHistorian Changes to events
Sources

466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
02 December 2014 00:56:25 466thHistorian Changes to events
Sources

466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
02 December 2014 00:53:59 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:20:20 AAM AAM ingest
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 & Brassford, page 343

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