Robert Reed Mundy Jr

Military
media-7282.jpeg UPL 7282 Crew # 787 & #495
Irving D. Waterbury Crew
466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J

Standing Left to Right: Henry C. Thomas (N), Harry F. Faggetter (PN), Irving D. Waterbury (P), Robert R. Mundy (RN), Theodore R. Watson (CP), Santo J. Parfumi (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: Richard Bradley (G), Milton DeMarco (TG), Gerald Mickel (R/O),

Missing from Photo: William Baron (G), Harold Laib (FE)

This crew flew seven missions with the 787th BS and four missions with the 784th BS as a lead crew before hostilities ended.
Faggetter also flew missions with the Elmer S. Anderson Crew (Crew #778).
Parfumi also flew missions with the J.M. Daniels Crew (Crew #786) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7282 - Crew # 787 & #495 Irving D. Waterbury Crew 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: ...

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2058313
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Burlington, VT, USA 11 October 1919

Died

Burlington, VT, USA 6 November 1998

Buried

Vergennes, VT, USA Saint Peters Cemetery Vergennes Addison County Vermont, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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