Melvin Henry Johnson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13118.jpeg UPL 13118 42-30046 BK-H, "MERRIE HELL", 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron. Shot down on 8th AF mission #81, 12 August 1943.

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Object Number - UPL 13118 - 42-30046 BK-H, "MERRIE HELL", 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron. Shot down on 8th AF mission #81, 12 August 1943.

Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30046 'Merrie Hell.' Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #289

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joel Milton Acker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14062755 | O-668177
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Ernest Joseph Sierens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665351
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30046

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Merrie Hell
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Idaho, USA 4 November 1914

Other

Assigned

28 June 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 28 June 1943, Ernest J. Sierens Crew. Seven combat missions.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 12 August 1943 Lead ground spare aircraft; replaced 42‑5849. High squadron deputy. Damaged by flak; crashed near Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 289

Enlisted

Boise, ID, USA Residence: Ada County, Idaho Private, Branch Immaterial

Buried

Kuna, ID, USA Burial: Kuna Cemetery Kuna Ada County Idaho, USA

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Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40698361
National Enlisted Data Base http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 289 / MACR 289, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Melvin Henry Johnson: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 13118 - 42-30046 BK-H, "MERRIE HELL", 384th Bomb Group...

Group of ten men in uniform posed in front of WWII bomber plane. Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Airman in the front middle is holding up a small dog to the camera.

Object number: UPL 54243 - 2nd Lt Joel Milton Acker Jr, Co-Pilot, 547th Bomb...