Michael P Pelish Jr

Military
media-16097.jpeg UPL 16097 Crew #565/473
John C. Welsh Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons

Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (RN), John C. Welsh (P), Edward W. Winter (N), Donald Dowdell (R/O)

Kneeling Left to Right: Unidentified, Herman Young (G), Harold Westby (PN), Paul Kaufmann (TTG)

Not in photo: John Belanger (TG), Vincent Palmer (FE)

This crew completed 7 missions with the 785th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS where they completed an additional 23 missions as a lead crew. 466th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 16097 - Crew #565/473 John C. Welsh Crew 466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon...

Originally a member of the Joseph Damiani Crew, he was not aboard when they were lost on a Truckin' mission on 25 September 1944. As it wasn't a combat mission, the bombardier wasn't needed.

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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

Joseph Ferdinand Edward Damiani

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817635
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John C Welsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50717

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

42-50765

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

42-95592

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Cat
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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

West Virginia, USA 14 January 1920

Enlisted

Flint, MI, USA 29 August 1942

Died

Saginaw, MI, USA 1 November 1985
Saginaw, MI, USA 3324 Ketchem

Revisions

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Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 259

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=1146038…

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian
mooseroots.com

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE DIARY by Wassom & Brassfield, page 349

Michael P Pelish: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 16097 - Crew #565/473 John C. Welsh Crew 466th BG - 785th...

Object number: UPL 16733 - Lead Crew Commendation for the 24 March 1945...