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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-006740 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17035040
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19066095 / O-664355
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA | 3 January 1918 | Son of Fred Thaler. |
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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 | |
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Died |
Olney, MD | 7 September 2007 | |
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Buried |
11 September 2007 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 5-P Row: 1, Site: 2 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Based |
Sudbury | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other West Point Graduate |
West Point Military Academy, NY | West Point class - Jan 43 |
Revisions
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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