Billy Melton
Military
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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.
Associated names and mission
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia