Irving Dwight Waterbury
Military
Irving D. Waterbury Crew
466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J
Standing Left to Right: Henry C. Thomas (N), Harry F. Faggetter (PN), Irving D. Waterbury (P), Robert R. Mundy (RN), Theodore R. Watson (CP), Santo J. Parfumi (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Richard Bradley (G), Milton DeMarco (TG), Gerald Mickel (R/O),
Missing from Photo: William Baron (G), Harold Laib (FE)
This crew flew seven missions with the 787th BS and four missions with the 784th BS as a lead crew before hostilities ended.
Faggetter also flew missions with the Elmer S. Anderson Crew (Crew #778).
Parfumi also flew missions with the J.M. Daniels Crew (Crew #786) 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 7282 - Crew # 787 & #495 Irving D. Waterbury Crew 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: ...
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37618566
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-1133808
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilotage Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796577
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Medina, NY 14103, USA | 5 January 1919 | |
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Died |
Wenatchee, WA, USA | 14 December 2003 | Irving Dwight Waterbury was born January 5, 1919 to Irving Ezra and Ellen (Walmsley) Waterbury in Medina, NY He attended elementary schools in Jeddo, NY and St. Petersburg, FL, and graduated from Middleport High School in Middleport, NY in 1936. He later attended Alfred University extension in Medina, NY and received his degree from Wenatchee Valley College in 1947. He also earned several college credits from San Francisco State, Chapman College and the University of California. Mr. Waterbury entered the U.S. Army in November 1942 from Dayton, Ohio as an aviation cadet and graduated as a pilot in May 1944. He was a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force flying from RAF Attlebridge, England until the end of the European conflict of World War II. He was awarded the Air Medal with two clusters and was separated from the service in October 1945. He married Mary Jane Tyrrell in Wenatchee on January 17, 1947. Lt. Waterbury remained in the Reserve and was recalled in June 1952 during the Korean War and served in Korea as Chief of Petroleum for the 5th Air Force during 1953 and 1954. During his career with the Air Force he served with distinction at Edwards AFB, CA; McChord AFB, WA; RAF Sculthorpe, England; March AFB, CA; Taipei, Taiwan; and with Supreme Command Atlantic, NATO in Norfolk, VA. He was the recipient of several military ribbons. He retired from the Air Force in September 1970 as Lt. Col., returning to Wenatchee with his family. |
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Buried |
Wenatchee, WA, USA | 18 December 2003 | Wenatchee City Cemetery Wenatchee Chelan County Washington, USA |
| Middleport, NY 14105, USA | R.D. #1 |
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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 & Brassfield, page 331 & Page 436 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)