Melvin P Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-36900.jpeg UPL 36900 "Meyran's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their at their base in England, 1 August 1944."

Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera

Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry

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Object Number - UPL 36900 - "Meyran's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their at their base in England, 1 August 1944." Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt...

Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15229

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

398th Bomb Group

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

603rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102658

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Blanco Diablo
Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

42-97746

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 398th Bomb Group

Places

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	New York City, NY	13 November 1942	New York City, New York
Died	Vicinity Anstey Church	15 October 1944	Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. KIA MACR 15229
Buried		17 October 1944	Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 5 Grave 34
Based	Nuthampstead	15 October 1944	Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.
Born	New York, NY