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Thomas Eugene Melte

Military

media-49746.jpeg UPL 49746 TSGT Fred Stemler (L) Ground Crew Chief
TSGT Tom Melte (R) Ground Crew Chief
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 49746 - TSGT Fred Stemler (L) Ground Crew Chief TSGT Tom Melte (R) Ground Crew Chief 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF

Assigned to 669BS, 416BG, 9AF USAAF.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'

416th Bomb Group

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

669th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

44-178

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group line up for take off at Laon, France. B-26 (serial number 41-34955) nicknamed "Mission Belle" leads the line up. Image via George Spradling. Written on slide casing: 'B-26s Laon, France, Dec 1944.'

Laon/Athies

Site type: Airfield

Melun

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Melun, Alsace

Aerial photograph of Wethersfield airfield looking south the bomb dump is at the bottom of the airfield, the main runway runs horizontally, 16 January 1947. Photograph taken by No. 82 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CPE/UK/1922. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Windsor, Missouri	3 November 1919	Son of Bernie F and Irene B [McCall] Melte.
Enlisted	Los Angeles, CA	23 December 1941	Los Angeles, California
Other Discharged USAAF		9 October 1945	Honourable discharge.
Died	Braymer, Missouri	30 April 1986
Buried	Evergreen Cemetery Braymer, Caldwell County, MO	2 May 1986	Evergreen Cemetery Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA

Revisions

Date12 May 2021 18:32:07

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/image/629873475
https://www.fold3.com/record/66930952/thomas-melte-social-security-deat…
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https://www.fold3.com/record/628271377/thomas-melte-1919-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35566137/thomas-eugene-melte

Date12 May 2021 02:22:47

Contributor466thHistorian

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Sources

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http://ww2buddies.com/Wiemann.html
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