Skip to main content
Edit entry 

Raphael E Anthony

Military

  • Harold F. Pierce Crew Crew #456 Standing Left to Right: Unknown Richard Casey Owens (WG) Raymond Juskiewicz (R/O) Harold Pierce (P) Jacob Mays (N) Thomas McKiernan (CP) Kneeling Left to Right: Thomas Horn (WG) Verdun Price (TG) Rafael Anthony (NG) Joseph Jewett (E) This crew flew 8 missions with the 466th after previously flying with the 458th BG and the 93rd BG

    Harold F. Pierce Crew Crew #456 Standing Left to Right: Unknown Richard Casey Owens (WG) Raymond Juskiewicz (R/O) Harold Pierce (P) Jacob Mays (N) Thomas McKiernan (CP) Kneeling Left to Right: Thomas Horn (WG) Verdun Price (TG) Rafael Anthony (NG) Joseph Jewett (E) This crew flew 8 missions with the 466th after previously flying with the 458th BG and the 93rd BG

    Show caption About this image
  •  

Service

People

Show more

Units served with

  • 458th Bomb Group

    458th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged...

  • 466th Bomb Group

    466th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...

  • 754th Bomb Squadron

    754th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

  • 784th Bomb Squadron

    784th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • Attlebridge

    Military site : airfield
    Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...

  • Horsham St Faith

    Military site : airfield
    Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Pittsburgh, PA, USA 26 August 1923
Died Chestertown, MD 21620, USA 4 January 2003
Buried Hurlock, MD 21643, USA 7 January 2003

Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery
Hurlock
Dorchester County
Maryland, USA
Plot: SECTION E ROW 44 SITE 36
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
13131934
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
Role/job
Nose Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
20 June 2016 02:41:01 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:21:56 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

458bg.com including crew picture in Pierce crew in 754th BS / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Share