Melvin Adrian Watson
MilitaryAssigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Flight crew for B-24 assembly ship 'First Sergeant', when flares set A/C ablaze, along with pilot received facial burns in the ensuing fire 27-May-44.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32220382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35621166
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12162769
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33377676
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-61279 / O-2045232
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Meat Around the Corner
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill be Back
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Mate
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine | Boomerang
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bessemer, AL | 19 September 1916 | Son of Charles John and Lillie Leona [Gray] Watson. |
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Enlisted |
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, AL | 25 March 1942 | Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
5 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
7 July 2002 | ||
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/84019031-melvin-a-watson
https://www.fold3.com/record/626245788-melvin-watson-1916
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098858?terms=paul%20faggioli
https://www.fold3.com/image/605285709?terms=watson,adrian,melvin
https://www.458bg.com/crew53watson.htm
https://www.458bg.com/stories-firstsergeant
https://www.fold3.com/record/84019031-melvin-a-watson
https://www.fold3.com/record/626245788-melvin-watson-1916
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098858?terms=paul%20faggioli
https://www.fold3.com/image/605285709?terms=watson,adrian,melvin
https://www.458bg.com/crew53watson.htm
https://www.458bg.com/stories-firstsergeant
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