Elwood W Nothstein
Military
Edward S. Wygonik Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J
Standing Left to Right: Harry E. Renshaw (E), Eugene A. Saltarelli (CP), Delmar O. Pederson (R/O), John Morrell (WG), Richard Oatman (N), Edward S. Wygonik (P), John F. Cumming (NG), Elwood W. Nothstein (TG), Stanley J. Mohr (WG).
You can read more about this crew in the book "Attlebridge Arsenal" by Chris Brassfield & Earl Wassom
Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 6378 - Crew 580 Edward S. Wygonik Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J Standing Left to Right: Harry E....
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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-812303
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-828359
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
29 October 1925 | ||
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Other Transit from Boston, MA to Liverpool, UK |
North Atlantic Ocean | 9 December 1944 - 18 December 1944 | USS Mount Vernon |
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Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 31 January 1945 - 21 April 1945 | 27 missions |
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Other Combat Mission |
Jena, Germany | 23 February 1945 | "On 23 February 1945 we bombed the marshaling yards at Jena. This was scheduled to be a low level approach, but fortunately the weather did not cooperate and we bombed from 20,000 feet. We lost some close friends on this mission. Ted Kolaya's plane ditched in the channel and only three of the crewmen survived. John McGrady had been a close friend of Saltarelli (CP), and the enlisted members of both crews shared the same hut at the WAAF site." - Bill Nothstein |
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Other Combat Mission |
Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk NR10, UK | 8 March 1945 | "Perhaps the most challenging experience of our tour was on 8 March 1945 after bombing the marshaling yards at Dillenburg. We crossed the North Sea (110 miles) with #2 and #3 props feathered. The B-24 had the glide angle of a rock! We barely made it to an emergency landing at Horsham St. Faith." - Bill Nothstein |
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Died |
Spencerport, NY 14559, USA | 25 June 2012 | |
| Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, USA | 502 Center Street |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 & Page 366 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)