Melvin Curtis Thomason
Military
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UPL 54978
S/Sgt Melvin Thomason, 464BG.
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Assigned to 778BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF. Gilson crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Lugo, Italy in B-24 44-49710; A/C suffered direct flak hit on a 'milk run'. Starboard wing collapsing between engines; crashed Lugo, Italy 10-Apr-45, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13711.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412958
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Stevonovitch II
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Vinson, OK | 2 December 1925 | Son of Roy Jennings and Ava Leah [Jenkins] Thomason. |
Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX | 23 December 1943 | Lubbock, Texas |
Died |
Lugo, Italy | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lugo, Italy in B-24 44-49710; A/C suffered direct flak hit on a 'milk run'. Starboard wing collapsing between engines; crashed Lugo, Italy 10-Apr-45, KIA MACR 13711. |
Based |
Pantanella | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 778BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
OM Cemetery Hollis, Harmon County, OK | Re-Interred OM Cemetery Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma |
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