Gordon Graham Menveg

Military
media-56686.jpeg UPL 56686 Barraclough crew, 490BG

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Glen Potter (E), Bennie Burrows (B), Ellis Beymer (N), Stanley Barron Jr (CP), Robert Barraclough (P), T/Sgt Harold Perrine (RO).

Front L-R: S/Sgt's Virgil Brockel (BTG), Elmer Rylander (NTG), Paul Romeo (TTG), Gordon Manveg (TG).

Object Number - UPL 56686 - Barraclough crew, 490BG Rear L-R: T/Sgt Glen Potter (E), Bennie Burrows (B), Ellis Beymer (N), Stanley Barron Jr (CP), Robert Barraclough (P),...

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Barraclough crew. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13030849 / O-789124
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilmington, CA 19 July 1924 Son of Emil L Menveg.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 31 March 1943 Los Angeles, California

Other

Discharged USAAF

1 December 1944 Medically discharged.

Died

Las Vegas, NV 8 October 1990

Buried

Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, NV 17 October 1990 Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada

Based

Eye Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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