William W Pond
Military
Melvin D. Westbrook Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Melvin D. Westbrook (P), Leonard Seigel (B), William Pond (CP), Richard Cramer (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: William Rogers (TTG), Richard Chapdelaine (TG), John Roche (NG), Woodrow Werner (R/O), John Mimnaugh (BTG), Roy Finley (FE)
This crew completed a 35 mission tour. Westbrook and Pond would move on to the 492nd BG where they flew missions to Sweden for the OSS 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 16103 - Crew #553 Melvin D. Westbrook Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Melvin D. Westbrook (P), Leonard Seigel (B), William Pond (CP),...
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- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Consolidated Mess
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | 18 November 1942 | |
| Duluth, MN, USA | 985 8th Avenue |
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Sources
8th AF News, March 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia