Robert F Wightman
Military
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UPL 22186
1LT Robert F. Wightman
Pilot - Crew #667
466th BG - 786th BS
Pilot - Crew #667
466th BG - 786th BS
466th BG Archives
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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 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39259608
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771389
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35531465
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-723377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33718079
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shadrach
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: What's Cookin Doc
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Damifino
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dixie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bottle Butt's Buggy
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 5 November 1944
- Date: 19 October 1944
- Date: 17 October 1944
- Date: 14 October 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St. Louis, MO, USA | 23 September 1921 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 8 October 1944 - 14 April 1945 | 35 combat missions |
Died |
Northbrook, IL 60062, USA | 15 September 2006 | |
Buried |
Lake Forest, IL, USA | 18 September 2006 | Saint Marys Cemetery Lake Forest Lake County Illinois, USA |
St. Louis, MO, USA | 8558 Mora Lane |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 155, Gerolstein, Germany - 24 December 1944
NARA Research provided by Brad Sullivan
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
466th BG Archives - Report on Mission No 137 Karlsruhe, Germany - 5 November 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
466BG Archives - Mission Report for 14 October 1944
NARA document research by Brad Sullivan
ContributorAAM
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 352