Lewis Joel Venegas Sr
Military
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UPL 6436
Crew #554
Earl Wassom Crew
Standing Left to Right: Louis Venegas (FE), Francis Miller (TG), Benny Olson (TT), Stanley Seveay (WG), Harry Hamilton (WG), Billy Wolfe (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: John T. Bohan (B), Earl Wassom (P), Lawrence Ross (CP), Julius Edelman (N)
This Crew completed a 35 mission tour.
Earl Wassom Crew
Standing Left to Right: Louis Venegas (FE), Francis Miller (TG), Benny Olson (TT), Stanley Seveay (WG), Harry Hamilton (WG), Billy Wolfe (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: John T. Bohan (B), Earl Wassom (P), Lawrence Ross (CP), Julius Edelman (N)
This Crew completed a 35 mission tour.
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Completed a 35 mission tour
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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 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-700581
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Slick Chick
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dixie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bottle Butt's Buggy
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ma's Lil Angel
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Albuquerque, NM, USA | 8 April 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2 October 1942 | |
Santa Barbara County, CA, USA | |||
Died |
Santa Barbara, CA, USA | ||
Other Santa Barbara Police Officer |
Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
Revisions
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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