Melvin Allen Feigenbaum

Military
Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform. There are three stripes on jacket sleeve and a long chain with a whistle draped over the man's shoulder UPL 65307 UPL 65307 Melvin A. Feigenbaum, Radio Operator/Gunner, 544th BS, 384th BG. KIA on 16 Aug 1943, 42-29814, Mission No. 83

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Object Number - UPL 65307 - Melvin A. Feigenbaum, Radio Operator/Gunner, 544th BS, 384th BG. KIA on 16 Aug 1943, 42-29814, Mission No. 83

Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #53 dated 20 July 1943.  Killed in Action (KIA) 16 August 1943, 42-29814, Mission No. 83

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Alfred Joseph Brescia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127755
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John Francis Farley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19039826
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Headshot of man wearing a shirt with insignia on the collar looking directly at camera

John Thomas Ingles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-794415
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Carl Warner Janes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15107381
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Earl Carter Mason

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19085247 at enlistment, then O-738778
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-29814

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Dallas Rebel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Le Bourget, France 16 August 1943 Killed in action – 16th August, 1943 T/Sgt. Melvin A. Feigenbaum was killed after being hit by gun fire on the mission to Le Bourget Airport, France. It was unclear at what point in the mission he was killed, but it seems likely after ‘bombs away’.  This was only his 2nd combat mission. There were no other losses in the crew of ten, with the aircraft “The Dallas Rebel” safely returning to RAF Grafton Underwood.

Born

Cook City, Illinois

Buried

Cambridge, England Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot B Row 7 Grave 48

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 505 by Bishop & Hey, ABMC

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Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform. There are three stripes on jacket sleeve and a long chain with a whistle draped over the man's shoulder

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