Roy Enright Guy

Military

Object Number - UPL 16645 - Crew #738 Roy E. Guy Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE),...

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581

POW

Connections

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Raymond E Brasch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 718228
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Wayland Luther Buchholz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16106862
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Marvin Creech

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Melvin Walter Demmin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36481823
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Burl Street Garrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34708475
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-50581

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Silent Yokum
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

611

  • Date: 8 September 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Diego, California 8 January 1924

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 28 July 1944 - 8 September 1944 shot down on 14th mission

Other

Shot Down

Wittingen, Germany 8 September 1944 crash landed

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 8 September 1944 Stalag Luft I

Died

Cypress, CA, USA 11 January 1996

Buried

Cypress, CA, USA 14 January 1996 Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cypress) Cypress Orange County California, USA Plot: Constant Love, Map 19, Lot 3968, Space 3
San Diego, CA, USA 5063 Mansfield Avenue

Enlisted

Florala, AL, USA

Revisions

Date21 Oct 2015 11:00:51
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
466th BG Historian;
MACR 8611 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date2 Jul 2015 23:39:13
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:34
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8611 & Page 284 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition

Roy Enright Guy: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 16645 - Crew #738 Roy E. Guy Crew 466th BG - 787th BS...

Object number: UPL 42774 - MACR 8611 42-50581 "Maggie / Silent Yokum" 466th...