William R Anderson | American Air Museum in Britain

Crew #404/733 Dorsey L. Baker Crew Standing Left to Right: Dorsey L. Baker (P), William G. Lenco (CP), William T. Brenner (N), Warren B. Hermes (B) Kneeling far right: John A. Chismar (R/O). The three remaining men are unidentified in the photo Rest of Crew: Lewis C. Scalzo (FE), Conrad Boudet (G), Gale Thompson (G), William Anderson (G), Matthew Ferrera (G) The a/c is B-24H-15-CF #41-29439 "Gallopin' Ghost" Code: T9-K (784th BS) & 6L-K (787thBS) This crew completed a 32 mission tour. 30 of them with the 784th BS

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Service

466th Bomb Group

Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
784th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
787th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

Attlebridge

Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...

Event	Location	Date
Born	Beaver Falls, PA 15010, USA	29 April 1923
Lived in	Los Angeles County, CA, USA	1943
Enlisted	Los Angeles, CA, USA	5 March 1943
Died	Sacramento, CA, USA	17 December 2003
Buried	Sacramento, CA, USA	21 December 2003
Mt. Vernon Memorial Park Fair Oaks Sacramento, CA

Date	Contributor	Update
30 May 2017 02:08:46	466thHistorian	Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7544731 research by genealogist Marcia Melnyk