Merlin Gaudet
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near northwest of Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735.
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Military
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near northwest of Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner and Armorer (MOS 612) | 446th Bomb Group
Lone survivor of B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735. Sustaining burns from the on-board fire, Alan bailed out of the burning aircraft at an altitude of 100-150 ft. He broke his ankle upon landing. He was immediately captured by the Germans and was a POW...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) northwest of Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735. He was also the pilot of the "Bangin' Lulu" #42-51091.
Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Chauncey, Ohio, USA | 1922 |
Lived in | Athens County, OH, USA | November 1942 |
Enlisted | Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA | 14 November 1942 |
At Fort Benjamin Harrison |
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Died | Wesel, Germany | 24 March 1945 |
Buried | 1 Miller St, Athens, OH 45701, USA | |
At West Union Street Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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20 July 2017 14:07:48 | Lucy May | Changes to service number, biography and events |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14181 https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
30 November 2015 14:57:40 | Lucy May | Changes to place associations |
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Brought in information from a duplicate record. Sources: Stalder Family via user 'gwap53'. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
05 August 2015 05:10:48 | gwap53 | Changes to nickname and awards |
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Lt./Col. Alan W. Keenen (USAF, Ret.) |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:17:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 14181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |