Melvin F McNickle
Military
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UPL 16002
Melvin F McNickle
Via Duxford Diary
Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft III. Mid air collision, crashed near Winterswijk on 30 July 43 in P-47 42-7961.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of war |
30 July 1943 |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- MACR 135 B ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 135B