Ernest P Garland
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 6 -September-1942 B-17F 41-24516 "Meltin' Pot' lost 2 engines off Londonderry after flight from Newfoundland. William Melton landed in shallow water and all crew members walked ashore.
Shot down 4 March 1943 in B-17 42-5129 while serving as Tail Gunner. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Ditched |
Magilligan Point, Limavady, Limavady BT49, UK | 6 September 1942 | Aircraft B-17F 42-24516 lost two engines en-route to Thurleigh and was ditched into the North Sea off of Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland. |
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Born |
Waco, Texas | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 4 March 1943 | Aircraft B-17F 42-5129 was shot down by German fighters into the North Sea. His remains wre never recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, The Netherlands | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 2749 for B-17F 42-5129; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE for B-17F 41-24516; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2749 / MACR 2749,Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces by Bishop and Hey pp. 30-31, 88; First Over Germany p. 72 by Russell Stong / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database