Verdun W Munroe

Military
media-16725.jpeg UPL 16725 1LT Verdun Munroe
Pilot
466th BG - 786th BS

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 16725 - 1LT Verdun Munroe Pilot 466th BG - 786th BS

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Nijetrijne on 8/15/44 in B-24 #4295157



POW

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Units served with

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 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39275720
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33568833
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37652527
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820758
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13084055
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 12 August 1944

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

Mawer, SK S0H, Canada 11 April 1916

Died

North Miami Beach, FL, USA 29 June 1966

Buried

5 July 1966 Arlington National Cemetery Plot: Sec: 1, Site: 1844

Other

Shot Down

8481 Nijetrijne, Netherlands 15 August 1944 My dear Mrs. Haseman, As pilot and ship commander of your husband's plane I find it very hard to write this letter. I know so very little of what actually happened to Lt. Haseman, but I will try my best to give you an account of the missions. We had bombed an airfield in Germany and were on our way back almost to the Zuider Zee in Holland when a number of enemy fighters attacked our formation. Your husband put up a gallant fight and I shall always remember him as a brave soldier. All in all in the running fighter we knocked down a number of enemy aircraft. The ship had taken a terrific beating due to enemy action. The communications system in the ship was shot away leaving me separated from my crew. Actually what happened in the next few minutes to the crew, I do not know. I could not call to them on the interphone so the co-pilot rang the alarm bell on my orders to abandon ship and bail out. Then ringing the alarm bell myself, I told Lt. Haseman to leave his seat and open the escape hatch behind my seat as the bomb bay doors would not open. We would have to bail out through the escape hatch. I then grabbed him by the legs and helped him out. This, I am sorry to say, was the last time I saw Lt. Haseman. Upon bailing out myself, I was badly injured when I hit the ground. I was taken to the hospital where I met Sgt. Weiner who told me the story of what went on in the waist area of the plane. I never heard nor do I know what happened in the nose section. As you can see I know very little of what happened to my crew, but I shall always remember and respect these men for an honored job well done. It is with my deepest sympathy that I write this letter. I remain, Respectfully yours, Verdun W. Munroe 1st Lt. A.C.

Other

POW

Bad Sulza, Germany Stalag 9c

Revisions

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Haseman family papers
466th BG Archives

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8427 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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