Melvin Arnal Mercer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 22815 - Melvin Arnal Mercer

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #423337. Killed in Action (KIA). After completing there bomb run over Germany, B-17 #42-3337, named "Thoroughbred", was attacked by German fighters and severely damaged. Pilot James S. Mullins and co-pilot Melvin A. Mercer attempted to fly their wounded aircraft to Sweden but crashed into the Baltic Sea.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

People

Frederick H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Otto S Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John A Heimbueger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32731239
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Clarence S Kessey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Theodore C Langley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-3337

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thoroughbred
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Litchfield, IL 62056, USA 12 December 1922

Died

11 April 1944

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 11 April 1944

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Fold3.com; Ireland and UK, Find A Grave Index-bio. by RussellS. Pickett

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 22815 - Melvin Arnal Mercer