Melvin John Hames
MilitaryShot down 18 April 1944 in B-17 #4237902 'Sure Thing', while serving as the role of "Tail Gunner". He would become a Prisoner of War (POW) along with the rest of his crew, spending the rest of the war at Stalag XVII-B.
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- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Williams, Iowa, USA | 22 June 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, Iowa, USA | 12 June 1942 | |
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Other Shot down |
Barnewitz, Germany | 18 April 1944 | Shot down over a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, while on B-17 42-37902, while manning the tail gun. Would later become a POW. |
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Other Prisoner Of War |
Stalag XVII-B, Austria | 18 April 1944 | Served roughly 13 months as a POW at Stalag 17B. |
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Other Discharged |
4 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
Alden, Iowa, USA | 13 December 1991 | |
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Buried |
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Williams, Iowa, USA | 13 December 1991 | |
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Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database