Melvin E Baughman
Military ROLL OF HONOURHit by flak over the target of Chateaudon airfield, FR on 28 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-97200 broke apart, exploded, and crashed S of the target. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kickapoo Joy Juice
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
28 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
Sheldon, Wisconsin, USA | ||
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing) | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Austria | 28 March 1944 |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3489, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3489 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database