Verdun W Munroe
Military
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UPL 16725
1LT Verdun Munroe
Pilot
466th BG - 786th BS
Pilot
466th BG - 786th BS
466th BG Historian
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Nijetrijne on 8/15/44 in B-24 #4295157
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13170854
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15383151
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-717121
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mawer, SK S0H, Canada | 11 April 1916 | |
Died |
North Miami Beach, FL, USA | 29 June 1966 | |
Buried |
5 July 1966 | Arlington National Cemetery Plot: Sec: 1, Site: 1844 | |
Other Shot Down |
8481 Nijetrijne, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 | My dear Mrs. Haseman, As pilot and ship commander of your husband's plane I find it very hard to write this letter. I know so very little of what actually happened to Lt. Haseman, but I will try my best to give you an account of the missions. We had bombed an airfield in Germany and were on our way back almost to the Zuider Zee in Holland when a number of enemy fighters attacked our formation. Your husband put up a gallant fight and I shall always remember him as a brave soldier. All in all in the running fighter we knocked down a number of enemy aircraft. The ship had taken a terrific beating due to enemy action. The communications system in the ship was shot away leaving me separated from my crew. Actually what happened in the next few minutes to the crew, I do not know. I could not call to them on the interphone so the co-pilot rang the alarm bell on my orders to abandon ship and bail out. Then ringing the alarm bell myself, I told Lt. Haseman to leave his seat and open the escape hatch behind my seat as the bomb bay doors would not open. We would have to bail out through the escape hatch. I then grabbed him by the legs and helped him out. This, I am sorry to say, was the last time I saw Lt. Haseman. Upon bailing out myself, I was badly injured when I hit the ground. I was taken to the hospital where I met Sgt. Weiner who told me the story of what went on in the waist area of the plane. I never heard nor do I know what happened in the nose section. As you can see I know very little of what happened to my crew, but I shall always remember and respect these men for an honored job well done. It is with my deepest sympathy that I write this letter. I remain, Respectfully yours, Verdun W. Munroe 1st Lt. A.C. |
Other POW |
Bad Sulza, Germany | Stalag 9c |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8427 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database