Melvin Blaine Hays

Military
media-56640.jpeg UPL 56640 S/Sgt Melvin Blaine Hays, 96BG

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Object Number - UPL 56640 - S/Sgt Melvin Blaine Hays, 96BG

Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Returned from a mission to Berlin in B-17 #42-97524 after the top turret caught fire and three crewmen baled out on 9-Mar-44. RTD. MACR 3864.



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars), UN and Korean medals, Nation Defense.



Post war: Airman 2nd Class Melvin Hays served in Korea as a B-29 crewman and was killed there on 23-Oct-51. Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James W Lamb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20707682 at enlistment, then O-799791
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97524

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Britton, Marshall County, SD 18 August 1920 Son of Joe Hays.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 14 October 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Other

Returned to Base (RTB)

9 March 1944 on return from mission to Berlin

Died

North Korea 23 October 1951 in Korea

Born

Seattle, King County, WA

Buried

National Korean War Veterans MemorialWashington, District of Columbia, DC Tablets of the Missing National Korean War Veterans Memorial Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia

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MACR 3864
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 56640 - S/Sgt Melvin Blaine Hays, 96BG