Melvin Alderman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49591.jpeg UPL 49591 2Lt Melvin Alderman

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Object Number - UPL 49591 - 2Lt Melvin Alderman

Killed in Action (KIA) near Teplitz in B-17 'Green Hill' #43-38958.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Hill Belle
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pierpont, South Dakota 14 May 1918 Parents: Lewis P. Alderman and Paulina O. Alderman née Paulson

Died

KIA

Germany 6 April 1945 "Mission #353, 6 April 1945, to Leipzig, Germany. Crew was flying in B-17G #43-38958 Green Hill Belle (427BS) GN- H. Was involved in a mid-air collision, shortly before reaching the target at Leipzig , with B-17G #44-8647..."

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery 24 March 1950 Returned from Neuville en Condroz, Belgium. Group burial Plot I, Grave 96
Cassleton, North Dakota

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Crash site photos courtesy of Geunter Bier. Crash site research Harry D. Gobrecht. Hell's Angels, 303rd Bomb Group (H); www.303dbg.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13719 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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