Richard Arthur Mehlberg
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 37194 - The memorial tablet to 42-37958 and her crew close to the crash site on Snag Farm in Stoke Trister Somerset with Tributes in grateful memory
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincannon, Somerset. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20236274 / O-814519
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oconto, WI | 13 February 1921 | Son of Arthur and Eva Mehlberg. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 23 October 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Died |
Wincanton, UK | 25 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958; A/C hit by flak in #3 engine, returned to UK, wing collapsed. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
26 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot G Row 1 Grave 9 | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th page 442
