B-17 Flying Fortress Search results for: melaun

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Salina 13/2/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 24/3/43; battle damage St Nazaire 1/5/43 Pilot: Lew Johnson, Co-Pilot: Bob McCallum, Navigator: Stan Kissenberth, Bombardier: J.C. Melaun {togg}; Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Fahrenhold, Ball Turret Gunner: Maynard Smith*, Tail Gunner: Roy Gibson (7RTD); Radio Operator: Henry Bean, Waist Gunner: Bob Folliard, Waist Gunner: Joe Bukacek (3KIA); forced landing Predannack, Ornwall, UK, Salvaged. 5/3/43. (*MOH for Sgt Maynard ‘Snuffy’ Smith).

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Tinker 20/3/43; Smoky Hill 29/3/43; Presque Is 4/6/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Ed Spevak, Co-pilot: Homer Contipidis, Bombardier: Don Nichols,Tail gunner: Walt Minor – Wounded in Action (4 evaded capture); Navigator: Allen Posey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Ford, ro Chas Morris (?John Wells), Waist gunner: Lewis Taney, Waist gunner: Don Parks (5 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Joe Melvin (Melaun) (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Lorient; (first group loss). No MACR. MIDNIGHT.