Ralph C Haines
Military
From Ralph's daughter:
"My Dad is on the top row second one in from the left. Shortest one on top. The smallest ones were bombers because they fit in the small area. The tall one to the left of my Dad is the pilot. Dad said they were always very tall. We cannot identify the crew members without my Dad being here. Sorry about that. Wish I had that info for you."
Information from www.801492.org:
Standing, L-R:
Morris J. Zavesky - Gunner ASN 35357701
Ralph C. Haines - Bombardier ASN 0551165
Howard M. Drescher - Co-pilot ASN 0818276
Robert T. Byerley - Pilot ASN 0692761
Robert F. Carlisle - Navigator ASN 0703605
Homer F. Townley Jr. - Radio Operator ASN 34612144
Kneeling, L-R:
Paul Novichenk - Gunner ASN 15323363 (Orphaned) (KIA)*
Jesus G. Salazar - Gunner ASN 38363597 (Orphaned)
Ralph H. Lyons - Engineer ASN 16080611
Theodore J. Ryczek - Gunner ASN 31327228
* Novichenk is listed as KIA with the 448th BG on 6 Nov 44 on MACR 10348.
Further crew identification details from: http://www.801492.org/Air%20Crew/Byerley/850th-ByerleyCrew.html
Object Number - UPL 15576 - Ralph C Haines crew photo. From Ralph's daughter: "My Dad is on the top row second one in from the left. Shortest one on top. The smallest ones...
Member of Byerley crew (when with the 490th Bomb Group)
From Winona Daily News obituary:
He was born July 26, 1922, to Ralph Sr. and Anna (Kronschnabl) Haines in Arcadia. He graduated from high school in 1940. In 1942, he was accepted in the Aviation Cadet Program for serving in the Army Air Corps. Completing preflight training, he attended aerial flexible gunnery school and advanced bombardier school. After completing bombardier school in 1943, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and was assigned to a B-24 Liberator Bomber with the 409th [490th] Bomb Group, 850th Squadron.
Upon arrival in England in early May 1944, his squadron was reassigned to the 801st Provisional Group for combat operations with the 8th Air Force. He completed 35 combat missions in December of 1944 and returned to the United States in February 1945.
On March 21, 1945, he married his fiancée Eunice Sendelbach at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Waumandee, Wis.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Arcadia, Wisconsin | 26 July 1922 | |
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Died |
Osseo, WI 54758, USA | 30 December 2014 | |
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Based |
Harrington |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. Now includes information from the following sources:
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Obituaries published online:
http://www.wozneykillianfh.com/obituaries/Ralph-Haines/#!/Obituary
http://www.winonadailynews.com/print-specific/obituaries/veterans/colon…
801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
