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MELOMO, Salvatore Joseph - Date of
birth
9 November 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York -
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-792049 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
533rd Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 August 1944 - Place of
death
Jadebusen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph F. Melomo (father)
Rose (Molito) Melomo (mother)
Francis Melomo (brother)
Anthony P. Melomo (brother)
Peter Melomo (brother)
Delia Melomo (sister)
Vincent A. Melomo (brother)
Mary Melomo (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97771 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Nienburg/Weser, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the underground oil storage tanks
MACR: 7884
More information
Salvatore J. Melomo attended college ans was an actor.He volunteered fort the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 8 January 1942 in New York City, New York. He had completed aviation cadet training at Craig Field, Alabama in 1942. He then received flight training at the Army Air Force school at Greeneville, Mississippi.
The airplane was hit by flak and turned back to head for home. It immediateldy feathered one engine and dropped his bombs, losing altitude slowly.
Of the ten men crew, nine were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed. Five of these nine men were taken prisoner, the other four were killed.
Surviving crew member reports indicate that 1st Lt Melomo did bail out, but must have drowned.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.usaafdata.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Collins Family Tree / 1920 Census / NY National Guard Service Card, www.newspapers.com - The brooklyn Eagle
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The brooklyn Eagle