Melvin J Kack
MilitaryTSGT Kack was a non-combat casualty that occurred after the war. He was assigned to the 34th Station Complement Squadron at RAF Toome, Northern Ireland at the time of his death.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- 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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698455
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Laden Maid
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Yellow Medicine County, MN, USA | 27 November 1915 | |
Other Wounded In Action |
Lechfeld Airfield, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Wounded by flak |
Died |
RAF Toome, Northern Ireland | 13 October 1945 | |
Buried |
15 October 1945 | Plot B Row 1 Grave 56 Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
ContributorLeftcoast3CE
Changes
Sources
Painting of U8-M Laden Maid in the Attleborough Visitors' Center listing the names of the original crew on a plaque
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347