Billy Melton

Military
media-37133.jpeg UPL 37133 Mission report showing the formation and pilots and B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group flying on 8th Air Force mission 623, 11 September 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 37133 - Mission report showing the formation and pilots and B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group flying on 8th Air Force mission 623, 11 September...

Had his brother Jeff as his navigator. , they completed their tour safely. The commanding officer Col. Dougher wanted to throw the book at them for disobeying orders,, but Billy said since they made it thru safely why not forget about it? He did.

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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

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