Flight Engineer &Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38082.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).
Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.
KIA were:
Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX
The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.
Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:
B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
B-17 Flight engineer/top turret gunner assigned to 525th Bomb Sq, 379th Bomb Gp, 8th AF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-38082 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-37784, crashed Melchow, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 5321 - Awarded: Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
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Son of William A. Meehan, 20309 104th Street, Hollis, New York.
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Enlisted at New York City, February 20, 1941.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).
Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.
KIA were:
Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX
The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.
Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:
B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
B-17 Flight engineer/top turret gunner assigned to 525th Bomb Sq, 379th Bomb Gp, 8th AF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-38082 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-37784, crashed Melchow, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 5321 - Awarded: Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
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Son of William A. Meehan, 20309 104th Street, Hollis, New York.
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Enlisted at New York City, February 20, 1941.
Flight Engineer &Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-38082.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).
Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.
KIA were:
Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX
The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.
Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:
B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
B-17 Flight engineer/top turret gunner assigned to 525th Bomb Sq, 379th Bomb Gp, 8th AF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-38082 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-37784, crashed Melchow, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 5321 - Awarded: Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
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Son of William A. Meehan, 20309 104th Street, Hollis, New York.
~
Enlisted at New York City, February 20, 1941.
While on a mission to Berlin out of Kimbolton, England, collided with B-17 #42-37784 and crashed near Eberswalde, Germany, northeast of Berlin (possibly between Eberswalde and Melchow).
Missing Air Crew Report № 5321.
KIA were:
Capt. Lytle W Shumake, O-399422, Pilot, Flat River, MO
2nd Lt. George W Smith Jr, O-697231, Co-Pilot, Winfield, KS
2nd Lt. Regis J Savage, O-704066, Navigator, Ambridge, PA
2nd Lt. Lionel C Carrillo Jr, O-756954, Bombardier, San Francisco, CA
T/Sgt. Thomas C Meehan, 12026317, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Hollis, NY
T/Sgt. Chester J Piatkowski, 33458917, Radio Operator, Forest City, PA
S/Sgt. Lyle R Edmondson, 17152796, Ball Turret Gunner, Washington, IA
S/Sgt. Jack R Lairmore, 18160669, Waist Gunner, Tulsa, OK
S/Sgt. Jack H Lambert, 6950514, Tail Gunner, Spearman, TX
The crew of B-17 42-37784 can be viewed here.
Crewmembers from two other B-17 flights that were lost on May 24, 1944 were interred in a common grave here on December 11, 1951:
B-17G 42-39828
B-17G 42-38010
B-17 Flight engineer/top turret gunner assigned to 525th Bomb Sq, 379th Bomb Gp, 8th AF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-38082 24-May-44; enemy aircraft attack caused collision with 42-37784, crashed Melchow, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 5321 - Awarded: Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
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Son of William A. Meehan, 20309 104th Street, Hollis, New York.
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Enlisted at New York City, February 20, 1941.
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