Edward S Wygonik
Military
Edward S. Wygonik Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J
Standing Left to Right: Harry E. Renshaw (E), Eugene A. Saltarelli (CP), Delmar O. Pederson (R/O), John Morrell (WG), Richard Oatman (N), Edward S. Wygonik (P), John F. Cumming (NG), Elwood W. Nothstein (TG), Stanley J. Mohr (WG).
You can read more about this crew in the book "Attlebridge Arsenal" by Chris Brassfield & Earl Wassom
Chris Brassfield
Object Number - UPL 6378 - Crew 580 Edward S. Wygonik Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24L-10-FO #44-49626 "White Elephant" Code: T9-J Standing Left to Right: Harry E....
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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 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35874732
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34923830
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33836358
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2015377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
- Date: 8 March 1945
- Date: 23 February 1945
- Date: 31 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Arrived at Attlebridge |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 18 December 1944 | |
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Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 31 January 1945 - 21 April 1945 | 27 Missions |
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Other Mission |
Peine, Germany | 22 February 1945 | Bombed the marshaling yards at low level (8000 ft). |
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Other Mission |
Jena, Germany | 23 February 1945 | Bombed the marshaling yard. Scheduled for a low level approach but fortunately the weather did not cooperate and we bombed from approximately 20,000 feet. Lost some close friends on this mission. The Kolaya Crew ditched in the English Channel. Only three crewmen survived. |
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Other Mission |
Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, UK | 8 March 1945 | Bombed Dillemburg, Germany On the way home we crossed the North Sea for 110 miles with both inboard engines feathered. The B+24 had the glide characteristics of a rock and we barely made it to an emergency landing at Horsham. Flying B-24J-401-CF #42-50465 "Damifino" on this mission. |
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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