Ralph L Belward
Military
Object Number - UPL 50131 - 489TH - RALPH BELWARD, CO-PILOT, 846TH : PHOTO 1942
One mission to Germany over France we were at 23,000 ft and were caught in B-17 air turbulance and our right wing stalled out causing us to nearly rollover on our back. John Van Winkle (Rip) and I were both busier than a cat on a tin roof. We successfully righted the aircraft and did not lose our position in the formation
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 846th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
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Born |
Norwalk, Connecticut | 18 September 1917 |
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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; Unit History & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 204; Charles H. Freudenthal photo collection