Melvin N Meyers
Military
Rear L-R: Melvin N Meyers, John W. Beadle, Digness J. Verschure, Richard A. McAteer, Hewitt T. Dunn, William M. MacVicar, Willis O. Howe.
Front L-R: Josiah Warren, Raymond B. Walters.
Object Number - UPL 81497 - 1st Lt Melvin N Meyers crew. Rear L-R: Melvin N Meyers, John W. Beadle, Digness J. Verschure, Richard A. McAteer, Hewitt T. Dunn, William M....
Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 31. 30 x missions. ETD
Mission List: Utrecht (CH), Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Fulda, Rodenkirchen,
Hamburg, Chemnitz, Weimar, Frankfurt, Osnabruck, Nurnberg, Treuchlingen, Wesel, Ulm, Dresden, Datteln, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Oranienburg, Hansdorf,
Ahlhorn, Schwerte-Holzeickede, Ziegerhain, Hamburg, Nurnberg, Leopzig, Eger, Burg, Royan, Amsterdam (CH).
(CH) equals a Chowhound mission, a delivery of food aid.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13065206
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Diplomat
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Princess Pat, Hannah’s Children
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yard Bird
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yard Bird
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Meyers%2C+Melvin+N