Melvin Curtis Thomason

Military
media-54978.jpeg UPL 54978 S/Sgt Melvin Thomason, 464BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 54978 - S/Sgt Melvin Thomason, 464BG.

Assigned to 778BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF. Gilson crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Lugo, Italy in B-24 44-49710; A/C suffered direct flak hit on a 'milk run'. Starboard wing collapsing between engines; crashed Lugo, Italy 10-Apr-45, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13711.



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-412958
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Stevonovitch II
  • Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vinson, OK 2 December 1925 Son of Roy Jennings and Ava Leah [Jenkins] Thomason.

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX 23 December 1943 Lubbock, Texas

Died

Lugo, Italy 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Lugo, Italy in B-24 44-49710; A/C suffered direct flak hit on a 'milk run'. Starboard wing collapsing between engines; crashed Lugo, Italy 10-Apr-45, KIA MACR 13711.

Based

Pantanella 10 April 1945 Assigned to 778BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

OM Cemetery Hollis, Harmon County, OK Re-Interred OM Cemetery Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma

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