Melvin Sidney Thaler
MilitaryAssigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Served in USAF in Korean conflict, retiring at the rank of Lt Colonel.
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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: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31314985
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33282040
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12220667
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Togglier / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14161546
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36467392
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA | 3 January 1918 | Son of Fred Thaler. |
Other Baled out POW |
10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910 | |
Died |
Olney, MD | 7 September 2007 | |
Buried |
11 September 2007 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 5-P Row: 1, Site: 2 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Based |
Sudbury | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other West Point Graduate |
West Point Military Academy, NY | West Point class - Jan 43 |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/29435106
https://www.fold3.com/image/29435098
https://www.fold3.com/image/312124294
https://www.fold3.com/record/4579148-melvin-s-thaler
http://www.486th.org/BS832/Thaler.htm
https://www.west-point.org/users/usma1943jan/13433/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49324116/melvin-s-thaler
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database