Melvin H Gerhold

Military

Mission list attached to database form. Hit by flak and crashed near Munich on 7/12/44 in B-17 #42-97273, Prisoner of War (POW).



ETO w/ 2 battle stars/ ATO/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ WW II VM

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97273

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aces & Ates
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12 May 1921

Died

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 12 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Enlisted

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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updated from obituary.

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entry updated by grandson, Richard L Gerhold II, son of Richard L Gerhold, oldest son of Melvin H Gerhold.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7568 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self MACR 7568, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…