Elmer Samuel Anderson Jr

Military

Object Number - UPL 15050 - Crew #778 Elmer S. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right - Harry F. Faggetter (N), Elmer S. Anderson (P), Unidentified...

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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

Verl W Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19172148
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Andrew W Jesinkowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32904579
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harry L Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11108137
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner/D.R. Navigator

Edward G Mello

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31298209
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Calvin T Morton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-835242
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-50791

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Judy Sue
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

42-94807

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Carioca-Bev
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

42-95255

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

42-95510

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 112th Army Air Forces Base Unit

Missions

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

Concord, NE 21 June 1917

Enlisted

Presidio, San Francisco, CA, USA 27 January 1942

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 7 March 1945 - 18 April 1945

Other

Mission

Dillenburg, Germany 8 March 1945 Weather Cloudy. Chow at 0645. Briefing at 0730. The first plane we were assigned had a bad magneto on #3. Group takeoff was scheduled for 1000. We took off at 1020 with a replacement a/c. While forming up the Brits shot flak at us. It was cloudy and they couldn't see us, but we sure could see the flak bursts! Hit the enemy coast at 1245. Saw the vapor trail of a V-2 headed towards London. Bombed Dillenburg at 1445. Threw chaff for 20 minutes. We had flak after we passed the target. Landed at 1643. Flight time was 6 hours 0 minutes - Elmer S. Anderson

Other

Mission

Nordhorn, Germany 24 March 1945 Weather Clear. Awoke at 0400. Briefing at 0500. Took off at 0750. Hit Norhorn Airfield with 34 - 150 lbs. bombs. We could see the target was really plastered! Not much flak. Landed at 1208. Flight time was 4 hours, 18 minutes. From the air we saw the smoke screen laid by Montgomery across the Rhine. Saw a plane ditch in the Channel on the way back. We were alerted for the mission tomorrow.

Other

Trolley Mission

Cologne, Germany 12 May 1945 We flew a "trolley" mission. We flew low over Germany to see the damage. When we flew over Cologne we could see the Cologne Cathedral was one of the few buildings still standing

Died

El Dorado Hills, CA, USA 3 November 2007
San Jose, CA, USA 5313 Greenside Drive

Buried

Turlock, CA, USA Turlock Memorial Park Turlock, Stanislaus County California, USA Plot: Lot 93-DD Block 34

Revisions

Date8 Aug 2020 00:08:32
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

Cleaned up biography. Mapped birth city.

Date4 Aug 2020 02:18:29
ContributorMarcia466BG
Sources

US Federal Census Records, Enlistment records, & Draft Cards-NARA: 466th Bomb Group records -NARA: obituary 2007 CA.

Date11 Jan 2019 14:45:08
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

Information taken from Edward Mello's Mission Book.

Date16 Apr 2015 01:47:56
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date16 Apr 2015 01:47:04
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

466th BG Historian
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:55
ContributorAAM
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

Elmer Samuel Anderson: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 15050 - Crew #778 Elmer S. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th...

Object number: UPL 32809 - B-24J-1-FO #42-95510 Elmer Anderson Crew who would...