UPL 7546
IMAGECrew #627 Oscar A. Weeklund Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Standing Left to Right: Francis P. LeBlanc (R/O). Oscar A. Weeklund (P), Kenneth W. Langenmayer (CP), Elijah L. Cockrill (N), Kenneth B. Brookshier (FE) Kneeling Left to Right: William C. Wixted (TTG), Woodrow J. Schmidt (BTG), Earl L. Belleville (NG), Maurice T. Verges (TG) Inset: David R. Fitzgibbons (B) This crew was shot down on 25 June 1944, their 20th mission. Weeklund, Langenmayer, Cockrill, Brookshier, Belleville and Verges were all KIA.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16115324
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38395408
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-699140
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 695593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120