Charles G Melhado

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #43-38270. Crashed 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Orsen Elliott Jensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19109055 and O-773392
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Kenneth E Kio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32476072
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Wallace D Land

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37536391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Francis M Riggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19111997 and O-768235
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Pryce O Spencer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31259783
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

43-38270

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 30 March 1943

Died

21 November 1944

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Körbecke, Möhnesee, Germany 21 November 1944

Born

Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 10413

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database