Melchor Hernandez
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back Row:
Robert Mayfield, Vito Ambrosio, Harry Estabrooks, Malcolm Williams, Charles Tuttle, Maurice Robbins
Front Row:
John Kriegshauser, Lyle Curtis, Melchor Hernandez, John Humphrey.
USAAF records
Object Number - UPL 35204 - The crew of B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number42-31322 ) nicknamed "Mi Amigo" of the 305th Bomb Group. Photo taken Pendleton Field, Oregon,...
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x missions. Crashed attempting to land at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on the return from a mission to Aalborg airfield, Denmark on 22-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31322 'Mi Amigo'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15190
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-535000
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mi Amigo
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Antonio, TX | 6 January 1921 | Son of Rosa L Hernandez and Juan Hernandez. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 22 October 1942 | |
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Died |
Endcliffe Park, Sheffield | 22 February 1944 | |
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Buried |
24 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. . | |
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Los Angeles, CA | Re-Interred Calvary Cemetery Los Angeles, California | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Student draughtsman. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
BOND OF COURAGE - the true story of the MI-AMIGO by Paul Allonby (2019)
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
