Melvin L Levine

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 63668 - 2nd Lt Melvin L. Levine

Killed in Action (KIA) when B-17 #4231552, crashed in Switzerland.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gerald Kerr
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18043191 / O-758456
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Buddy
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

12 July 1944

Born

Halifax, Virginia, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 July 1944

Revisions

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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 6926 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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