Merle Ernest Ingmire

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Headshot of smiling man wearing military uniform and cap UPL 65857 UPL 65857 Merle E. Ingmire, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 547th BS, 384th BG. Killed in Action/Missing in Action, 8 May 1944, 42-97081, Mission No. 345
547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 42-97081 Grafton Underwood Merle Ernest Ingmire On

Object Number - UPL 65857 - Merle E. Ingmire, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 547th BS, 384th BG. Killed in Action/Missing in Action, 8 May 1944, 42-97081, Mission No. 345

Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944.  Shot down May 1944 in B-17 #42-97081. Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action(MIA)   

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-754409
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815837
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Headshot of man wearing  Air Force leather flying gear including leather helmet and goggles on head
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093338
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699180
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33421883
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group drop bombs over Dijon. Printed caption on reverse: '50917 AC- Bombs from Boein B-17 Flying Fortresses dropping on Dijon. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '28/3/44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jamaica Mary
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Missing in Action (MIA)

English Channel 8 May 1944 Damaged by flak, ditched in the English Channel. MACR 4812

Born

Coffeyville, Kansas

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge, England Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4812

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