Derald William Melton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11248
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768191
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680527
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760984
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
12 December 1923 | Son of William and Mabel [Sperry] Melton. | |
Enlisted |
2 February 1943 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
27 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Koblenz mission in B-17 42-107083; crashed near Prum on 27-Dec-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11248 | |
Based |
27 December 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Walnut Hill Cemetery Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 1124;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=m...
MACR 11248 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database