Melvin M Fox
MilitaryAssigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 44-8368 10-Apr-45; shot down by enemy jet, crashed Bernau, Germany; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13882
Awards: POW, 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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31072000
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32856964
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-438016
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander; Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-563353
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) |
Born |
Ottawa, Illinois, USA | Son of Frank E Fox. | |
Based |
Honington | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster MACR 13882 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13882 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database