Melvin Conrad Carlson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Walter E Smith, S/Sgt Harry W. Haynes Jr, Sgt Melvin Conrad Carlson, Sgt Edward Gilbert Eschinger, Sgt Louis L Contreras.
Front L-R: 2Lt Max Richard Bartholomew, 2Lt Blaine E Thomas, 2Lt Roger Clinton Lee, 2Lt Walter L Lacy.
Object Number - UPL 37598 - "Lt. Thomas and crew of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". England, 10 March...
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dresden in B-17 'Sack-Time' 42-102544; crashed near Dresden on 17-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14168
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-785019
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sisseton, South Dakota, USA | 27 September 1924 | Son of Annie C Carlson. |
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Died |
Dresden, Germany | 17 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dresden in B-17 'Sack-Time' 42-102544; crashed near Dresden on 17-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 14168 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 17 April 1945 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A, Row 44, Grave 83 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14168 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database