Marlo Melvin Pickell
Military
381st Bomb Group
534th Bomb Squadron
"Carol Leigh"
Mitch Hughes
Object Number - UPL 56522 - Marlo M Pickell 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron "Carol Leigh"
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Torvestad, R. Crew. Completed several combat missions. Confirmed missions on April 19th, 20th, 1945 with Lt Dean Anderson. Killed in Service when his B-24 crashed during a training flight in Oregon Aug-45. His 2 brothers survived the war.
Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-829592
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carol Leigh
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Madrid, IA | 14 May 1925 | Son of John Joseph and Louisa Hattie [Wheeler] Pickell. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Dodge, Herrold, IA | 30 July 1943 | Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa |
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Died |
In Vicinity of Tollgate, OR | 25 August 1945 | Killed in a plane crash near Tollgate, Oregon on a routine flight to Walla Walla, Washington on 25-Aug-45. |
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Buried |
Fairview Cemetery Madrid, Boone County, IIA | 27 August 1945 | Fairview Cemetery Madrid, Boone County, Iowa |
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Based |
Ridgewell | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Enlisted |
Trained at Amarillo, Texas and Yuma, Arizona where he received his wings, Subsequently Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Sioux City, Iowa. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx
