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Gerard J. MELOFCHIK
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Source : Honorstates.org | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-1292037 | ||||||
| AGE | 24 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1920 NEW JERSEY | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | Richmond NEW YORK | ||||||
| FAMILY | Single | ||||||
| RANK | First Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 4 November 1941 New york city NEW YORK | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 615th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 401st Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 1 August 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Fecherolles - Nogent-le-Roi | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-5-VE - s/n 42-39873 IY*Q "Stormy Weather"
Macr : 7824 Mission : Chartres (28) - German airfield Take off Station 128 Deenethorpe, Nothamptonshire Damaged by the flak at 27,000 feet and collision during its fall with 43-37859 (Lt Sproul) at 2:57 p.m. | ||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin) | ||||||
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Source : Honorstates.org | |||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-5-VE - s/n 42-39873 IY*Q"Stormy Weather"
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| 1st Lieutenant | Gerard J. MELOFCHIK | Pilot | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | O-1292037 - AM/PH - New York |
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| 2nd Lieutenant | James E | PRATT | CoPilot | Dead | Spring Grove Cem. Cincinnati, Ohio | 0-819312 - 21 yo - Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Richard Cameron | TYSON | Navigator | Dead | MIA | 0-710350 - 20 yo - Son of George Fitts & Margaret Monroe (Cameron) Tyson - Durham, North Carolina |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Hughlon K. GRISHAM | Bomber | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 0-765585 - AM/PH - Mississippi |
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| S/Sergeant | Leland Blaisdell | TRACY | Radio | Dead | Woodlawn Nat Cem, Elmira, Chemung Co, New York | 11068352 - 32 ans Rome, Kennebec Co, Maine - Son of Geaogr A & Daisy M (Smith) Tracy |
| S/Sergeant | Herbert PRESSMAN | Mechanic | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 33582133 - AM/PH - Pennsylvania |
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| Sergeant | Lyle P WHEATON | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 15133533 - AM/PH - Ohio |
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| Sergeant | James Walter | BOZARTH | Gunner | Prisoner- Interned in Fresnes (94) then sent to Stalag Luft III in Sagan |
37536354 - Né le 07/03/1913 - Missouri - Initially escaped, is entrusted to the Picourt network - arrested in Paris, victim of Jacques Desoubrie |
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| Sergeant | Harold Edward | MAPES | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Honorstates.org - Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |