David W Bercaw
Military
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UPL 33849
Crew #781 - David Bercaw Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-30-CF #42-50448 "Earthquake McGoon" Code: 6L-H
466th BG - 787th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-30-CF #42-50448 "Earthquake McGoon" Code: 6L-H
466th BG - 787th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
information provided by genealogist Marcia Melnyk
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Units served with
- 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 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2066833
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot and Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Carioca-Bev
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Deerfield Township, OH, USA | 9 April 1917 | |
Other 466BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 28 January 1945 - 25 April 1945 | Completed 22 combat missions before hostilities ended. |
Died |
Jackson, MI, USA | 20 April 1956 | Was killed in a car crash with his wife Betty Lou. The accident occurred 4 miles south of Jackson, MI on US-127 when a car coming from the opposite direction tried to pass a truck and collided head-on with the Bercaw's car. Their daughter Brenda, 4 years old at the time, survived the crash with minor injuries. |
Buried |
Lebanon, OH 45036, USA | 27 April 1956 | Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, USA Plot Section F |
Mason, OH, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
findagrave.com
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom - page 333
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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