Russell John Willer

Military
media-6886.jpeg UPL 6886 Lt. Russell J. Willer
Pilot - Crew #604
466th BG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6886 - Lt. Russell J. Willer Pilot - Crew #604 466th BG - 786th BS

Assigned to 786BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 30 missions from 24-Mar-44 thru 1-Aug-44.  

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), American Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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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

John W Clerkin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691721
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator/Assistant Group Navigator

Howard C Crawford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

John Hine Ennis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier & Pilotage Navigator

George F Lively

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13106331
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Eugene Ray Lust

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

41-29366

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-52511

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-52527

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Reliable Babe
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-52529

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wild-Pussy/Sully's Saloon
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

42-94929

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

Missions

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

14 May 1919 BornHamilton, Ohio

Enlisted

10 November 1941

Died

8 March 2009

Buried

11 March 2009 Saint Stephen CemeteryHamiltonButler CountyOhio, USAPlot: Mausoleum

Revisions

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USAF HRA Reel REEL%2037154 - page 125

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https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/146957033

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96388181/russell-john-willer

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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ContributorEmily
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Georgia L Willer (wife), via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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466th BG Archives

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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