Ralph Edgar Bonner

Military

Object Number - UPL 40243 - "Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24, somewhere in England. April 1944." Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant,...

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Rex Brudos crew. 30 x combat mission. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Rex L Brudos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17031412 / O-72528
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24H Liberator (J3-M, serial number 41-28678) of the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group lands at Horsham St. Faith , March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H of 458th Bomb Group landing at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk in late March 1944. 6 Foot Dix.' Second handwritten on reverse: '458 B.G., 8th Air Force.' Printed caption on reverse: '81779 AC - Consolidated B-24 of 458th Bomb Group arrives at air base somewhere in England after completing 200th mission, 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

41-28678

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberators including, (serial number 44-40066) nicknamed "S.O.L", of the 458th Bomb Group fly in formation with a flight assembly ship. Written on slide casing: 'SOL, Azon a/c.'

41-28697

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spotted Ass Ape | Dixie Belle II
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-28718

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bo
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

41-29288

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big-Time Operator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

41-29300

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lorelei
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milford, UT 6 July 1922 Son of John Robert and Alta [Eyre] Bonner.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 7 November 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Died

Toquerville, UT 14 September 1995

Buried

Hurricane City Cemetery Hurricane, Washington County, UT 16 September 1995 Hurricane City Cemetery Hurricane, Washington County, UT

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date12 Oct 2019 20:26:38
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/81652244-ralph-e-bonner
https://www.fold3.com/record/91286616-ralph-e-bonner
https://www.fold3.com/record/622198062-ralph-bonner-1922
https://www.fold3.com/image/597446843?terms=bonner,ralph,edgar
https://www.458bg.com/crew63brudos.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54490/ralph-edgar-bonner

Date12 Oct 2019 18:34:46
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/81652244-ralph-e-bonner
https://www.fold3.com/record/91286616-ralph-e-bonner
https://www.fold3.com/record/622198062-ralph-bonner-1922
https://www.fold3.com/image/597446843?terms=bonner,ralph,edgar
https://www.458bg.com/crew63brudos.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54490/ralph-edgar-bonner

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