Walter Monroe Hatcher Jr

Military
media-14068.jpeg UPL 14068 Robert E. Bryans Crew
Crew #410
466th BG - 784th BS

Standing Left to Right: Robert E. Bryans (P), Walter M. Hatcher (CP), Joseph J. Brunner (N), Phillip Carroll (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: John L. Karatkiewicz (FE), Edward Whaley (RWG), Paul W. Brosey (R/O), Theodore G. Pung (BTG), Walter D. Bosserman (G), John Bednarski (G) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14068 - Robert E. Bryans Crew Crew #410 466th BG - 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Robert E. Bryans (P), Walter M. Hatcher (CP), Joseph J. Brunner...

Was on a 24 hour pass when the rest of his crew was shot down on 8 April 1944

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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?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert E Bryans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 801537
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-49529

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Cindy
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

44-49626

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: White Elephant
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lake City, FL, USA 24 July 1917

Died

Columbus, MS, USA 18 September 1968 Col. Walter Monroe Hatcher, Jr. retired from the Air Force in 1964 after a distinguished career. Col. Hatcher was a pilot officer with the 8th Air Force in England during World War II. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Clusters. He was born in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, attended the University of Florida and graduated from Alabama Pyrotechnical Institute. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity and Blue Key. He was a Baptist and a Mason. He was survived by son Charles James and daughter Susan Lynn. He was the son of Walter Monroe Hatcher, Sr. and Bertha Oder Hatcher Bieber.
West Palm Beach, FL, USA

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466th BG Archives - 1 March 1945 mission formation plan

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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 346

Walter Monroe Hatcher: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 14068 - Robert E. Bryans Crew Crew #410 466th BG - 784th...

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