Paul Salvatore Melia
MilitaryRear L-R: S/Sgt Alfred Lesage, Cpl Andrew L Allen, Cpl Paul J Amos, T/Sgt Karl E Kukurin, T/Sgt Paul S Melia, T/Sgt Carman L Mancuso.
Front L-R: 1Lt Jack L Pfaffman,1Lt Boudinot Stimson, 1Lt John Edwin O'Neal Jr, 1Lt Robert H Timberlake.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941
Awards: DFC, AM, 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: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12075079 / O-799493
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: What Next ?
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Yonkers, New York, USA | 19 April 1924 | |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 15 February 1943 | New York City, New York |
Other Baled out POW |
Weibersbrunn, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. POW. MACR 3941 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 13 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
26 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Katonah, NY | 6 October 1995 | |
Buried |
Saint Mary's Cemetery Yonkers, Westchester County, NY | 10 October 1995 | Saint Mary's Cemetery Yonkers, Westchester County, NY |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Deenethorpe | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=686">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=686>, son / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database