Ruben Ricardo Monteil Jr

Military
media-52540.jpeg UPL 52540 2nd Lt Ruben R Monteil, 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 52540 - 2nd Lt Ruben R Monteil, 401BG.

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Garrett Anthony Filemyr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13078848 / O-807624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Factory fresh B-17s

42-107084

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31315

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Interned (INT)

Spain 19 June 0944 - 4 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux in B-17 42-31315 'Liberty Run', on 19-Jun-44; flak shot off the tail, A/C ditched in Bay of Biscay. Interned (INT) in Spain.

Born

New Orleans, LA 23 October 1918 Son of Ruben Ricardo Sr and Eleanor Lee [Fitch] Montiel.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, AL 28 March 1941 Fort McClellan, Alabama

Died

Mobile, AL 3 August 2009

Buried

Mobile Memorial Gardens Tillmans Corner, Mobile County, AL 6 August 2009 Mobile Memorial Gardens Tillmans Corner, Mobile County, Alabama

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28652616
https://www.fold3.com/image/605041969
https://www.fold3.com/record/94282652/ruben-r-montiel-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/87670642/ruben-r-montiel-jr-wwii-army-enli…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2641
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12071
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40254342/ruben-ricardo-montiel

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5999 / MACR 5999, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2641 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52540 - 2nd Lt Ruben R Monteil, 401BG.