Stanley J Mohr Jr

Military
media-6378.jpeg UPL 6378 Crew 580
Edward S. Wygonik Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J

Standing Left to Right: Harry E. Renshaw (E), Eugene A. Saltarelli (CP), Delmar O. Pederson (R/O), John Morrell (WG), Richard Oatman (N), Edward S. Wygonik (P), John F. Cumming (NG), Elwood W. Nothstein (TG), Stanley J. Mohr (WG).

You can read more about this crew in the book "Attlebridge Arsenal" by Chris Brassfield & Earl Wassom

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 6378 - Crew 580 Edward S. Wygonik Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J Standing Left to Right: Harry E....

Assigned to 785BS, 466BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x missions. ETD

 

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

Stuart M Peace

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812303
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Edward S Wygonik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-828359
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-110157

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: What's Cookin Doc
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

44-10499

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dixie
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

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

Bellevue, KY, USA 22 April 1925 Born Bellevue, KY

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH, USA 26 August 1943

Died

Bellevue, KY, USA 20 November 2011 Died Fort Thomas, KY

Buried

23 November 2011 Interred Saint Stephen Cemetery Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/89301226/stanley-j-mohr-jr-wwii-army-enlis…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229184079/stanley-john-mohr

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG HIstorian

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Chris Brassfield

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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 & Page 356 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)

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