Ralph Theodore Welch
Military
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UPL 17047
Crew #767
Richard E. Huyck Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward (CP), Tom Hicks (R/O), Richard Huyck (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: George Vazna (TG), Hudson Coombs (TTG), Tom McCue (NG), Ralph Welch (WG)
This crew completed 30 combat mission before the end of hostilities.
Richard E. Huyck Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Ferdinand Corradini (FE), James Wildeman (B), Warren G. Woodward (CP), Tom Hicks (R/O), Richard Huyck (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: George Vazna (TG), Hudson Coombs (TTG), Tom McCue (NG), Ralph Welch (WG)
This crew completed 30 combat mission before the end of hostilities.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-829485
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Huckle de Buck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 863rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Moonlight Marge
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Abel Mabel
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Baldwin, IL | 18 February 1925 | |
Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 27 May 1943 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
RAF Attlebridge | 5 November 1944 - 25 April 1945 | Completed 30 combat missions |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44008_12_0…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=6463083
466th BG Archives - Unpublished war memoir of Robert L. Franklin
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom, page 140
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 331