Melville R Ball

Military

Object Number - UPL 23297 - Capt. Melville R Ball, [ Greenwich CT ], 504th Fighter Squadron. Assigned a/c not currently known.

Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Kill. Completed tour of duty.

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Connecticut, USA	14 December 1919
Enlisted	Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, USA	13 March 1942	Bradley Field Windsor Locks Connecticut
Other Crashed	Rice Airport, CA-62, California, USA	29 December 1943	Forced Landing due to Engine Failure 20 miles WSW of Rice AAF, CA Cat 4 damage Lt Melville R Ball, 29-Dec-43. P-39Q 42-19946 - 504FBSq 339FBGp
Other E/A Destroyed.	Rennes, France	8 June 1944	On dive bombing mission, about to bomb trucks, salvoed bombs and engaged attacking Fw190. E/A dived into trees and exploded. Rennes Area.
Other Promotion	Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK	13 June 1944	Promoted to Captain.
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK	8 January 1945
Died	Pennsylvania, USA	6 December 1984
	Greenwich, CT, USA
Based	Fowlmere	8 January 1945	Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	McMurray, PA, USA		Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery McMurray Washington County Pennsylvania, USA.

Date1 Sep 2016 11:26:19

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to events

Sources

Date1 Sep 2016 11:20:19

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations

Sources

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:59

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

Object number: UPL 23297 - Capt. Melville R Ball, [ Greenwich CT ], 504th...

Object number: UPL 23298 - Captain Ball of the 339th Fighter Group is...