Acy Anthony Marchand

Military

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Lt Melvin Watson crew. Flight crew for B-24 assembly ship 'First Sergeant', when flares set A/C ablaze. 27-May-44.



Awards: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Melvin Adrian Watson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14096939 / O-798384
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28738

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Meat Around the Corner
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-29295

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-29305

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ill be Back
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100341) nicknamed "Satan's Mate" of the 458th Bomb Group.

42-100341

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Mate
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

42-100362

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine | Boomerang
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cottonport, LA 19 December 1920 Son of Larry Michael and Bridget Lelia [Acy] Marchand.

Enlisted

Camp Beauregard, LA 9 May 1942 Camp Beauregard Louisiana

Other

Discharged USAAF

8 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Cottonport, LA 6 January 1983

Buried

St Marys Catholic Cemetery # 2, Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish, LA 9 January 1983 St Marys Catholic Cemetery # 2 Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish, LA

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/84828845-acy-a-marchand
https://www.fold3.com/record/55788723-acy-a-marchand
https://www.fold3.com/record/619852351-acy-marchand-1920
https://www.fold3.com/image/614075485?terms=acy,marchand
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098858?terms=paul%20faggioli
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098883?terms=Acy%20Marchand
https://www.458bg.com/crew53watson.htm
https://www.458bg.com/stories-firstsergeant
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90272595/acy-anthony-marchand

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/84828845-acy-a-marchand
https://www.fold3.com/record/55788723-acy-a-marchand
https://www.fold3.com/record/619852351-acy-marchand-1920
https://www.fold3.com/image/614075485?terms=acy,marchand
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098858?terms=paul%20faggioli
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098883?terms=Acy%20Marchand
https://www.458bg.com/crew53watson.htm
https://www.458bg.com/stories-firstsergeant
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90272595/acy-anthony-marchand

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

458bg.com,Watson crew, crew member list & picture included / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia