Melvin K Butler
Military
Object Number - UPL 39547
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061100 / O-730555
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
31 January 1922 | ||
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Enlisted |
6 August 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
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Other Baled out POW |
26 July 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 July 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
2 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
16 August 1988 | ||
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 July 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Service number obtained from enlistment record. Web site: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=%22…
My father was the tail gunner on this last mission. He also was with Melvin as a POW (Charles Rolle).
I was trying to list the crew on a memorial page at the FindAGrave web site but can not find his place of burial. There are 7 of the crew members on the memorial and I was trying to add the rest. I would like to connect the Grandson of Melvin to fill in some information, if possible?????
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
