Elmer Anderson
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Edward G Mello Jr
Military
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Crew #778 Elmer S. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right - Harry F. Faggetter (N), Elmer S. Anderson (P), Unidentified person, Edward G. Mello (FE), Andrew W. Jesinkowski (WG) Kneeling Left to Right: Calvin T. Morton (CP), William R. Taylor (TG), Verl W. Bell (BT) Sitting in Front: Harry L. Lewis (G)
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Page 8 Crew info. As of this past Christmas my Dad spoke with Elmer and also said one more crew member is alive. I believe it is Mr Carr
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Page 7 Basic Squadron info
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Page 6 Missions 12 to 16. On 16 he flew with another crew and not Elmer's.
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Page 5 Missions 7 to 11
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Page 4 Missions 3 to 6
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Page 3 Missions 1 and 2
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Crew info page 2
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Page 1, basic info training locations, dates ....
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L to R: SSGT Edward G. Mello (FE), SSGT Harry L. Lewis (NG/DRN), SSGT Harry Taylor (TG), SSGT Andrew Jesinkowsi (WG)
Eddie dropped out of high school to join the Navy but was turned down due to color vision issues so he next tried and succeeded in joining the Army Air Corps. Went to war at age 20 and flew 16 missions (See media for descriptions of the missions). After WWII he stayed on in the reserves and worked for New England Telephone, raising his family in New Bedford, MA. He has one daughter and three sons. He lost his wife of 60 years in January 2018. To this day I still question him and learn new things.
Service
Units served with
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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... -
787th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-95255 Lady
B-24 Liberator
Missions
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869
7 March 1945
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872
8 March 1945
Mission 872: 1,353 bombers and 326 fighters are dispatched to hit benzol plants, an oil plant and rail targets in Germany using PFF; NO AIRCRAFT ARE LOST AND THERE ARE NO CASUALTIES! ... -
881
11 March 1945
Narrative - Official Air Force Mission Description ... -
892
17 March 1945
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8th Air Force 911
24 March 1945
"8th AF Aided Paratroops ... -
8th Air Force 913
25 March 1945
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8th Air Force 920
31 March 1945
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8th Air Force 931
7 April 1945
1,200 Heavies Hit Reich After 1-Day Nazi Air Bid ... -
8th Air Force 935
9 April 1945
"Heavy bombers of the 8th Air Force once more struck at the source of German air power when over 1,250 Fortresses and Liberators, protected by approximately 750 fighters, hammered ten airfields in the vicinity of Munich, besides attacking an oil depot... -
8th Air Force 938
10 April 1945
Associated Place
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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 |
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| Born | Massachusetts, USA | 11 October 1924 |
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Born and raised in New Bedford, MA. His father was a Navy Veteran of WWI. Grandparents came from the Azores. |
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| Enlisted | Boston, MA, USA | 18 February 1943 |
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Measured at 5'10", 137 lbs. at time of enlistment |
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| Lived in | New Bedford, MA, USA | 1957 |
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Still in the house he and my mother bought in 1957 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 January 2019 14:34:27 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Information taken from Edward Mello's Mission Book. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 17:06:08 | CJMello | Changes to biography |
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Edited by Ed's son Christopher Mello |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 17:02:57 | CJMello | Changes to biography and events |
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Edited by Ed's son Christopher Mello |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 16:59:22 | CJMello | Changes to events |
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Edited by Ed's son Christopher Mello |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 16:56:47 | CJMello | Changes to media associations |
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Photos belonging to Ed's son Christopher Mello |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 16:55:09 | CJMello | Changes to nickname |
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Edited by Ed's son Christopher Mello |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 January 2019 16:42:33 | CJMello | Changes to biography and events |
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Edited by son, Christopher Mello 8Jan19 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 April 2018 21:48:10 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank and events |
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466th BG Archives - Operations Order #10 - 787th BS - 1 June 1945 (Operation Home Run) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 April 2015 02:58:12 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 April 2015 02:57:42 | 466thHistorian | Changes to suffix, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 348 |
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