Melvin Ellis Neef

Military

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Shot down in B-24 42-40115 'Boomerang' 1-Aug-43. Prisoner of War (POW)





Awards: SS, AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16085970
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-728838
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736522
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36324049
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36184228
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Boomerang
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Berka, al Birkah

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

25 November 1918 Son of Fred Ernest and Eva Lillian [Selck] Neef.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bucharest, Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Held in Romania.

Died

21 January 1995

Buried

Greenview Cemetery Greensboro, Greene County, GA 24 January 1995 Greenview Cemetery Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia
Houstonia, Mo.

Based

Hethel 1 August 1943 Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Richard Dieterle.

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Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESERACH

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159