Melvin Newton Toloso

Military

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew with James Crew. Completed 29 x combat missions. ETD



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Ramone Kent

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Aircraft

42-32012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shark Tooth
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Camden, MO 9 July 1925 Son of Doshia

Enlisted

Kansas City, MO 25 August 1943 Kansas City, Missouri

Other

Discharged USAAF

1 March 1970 Honourable discharge.

Died

Bossier City, LA 4 October 2002

Buried

Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum Red Chute, Bossier Parish,LA 7 October 2002 Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum Red Chute, Bossier Parish, LA

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/619170820
https://www.fold3.com/record/66387181-melvin-n-toloso
https://www.fold3.com/record/529553544-melvin-toloso-1925
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69253943/melvin-n_-toloso

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2477">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2477>