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CLICK, Melvin Eugene - Date of
birth
4 April 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Carroll County, Maryland -
Hometown
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13137006 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
548th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 May 1944 - Place of
death
Langenhain-Ziegenberg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 35 | 28 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Earl N. Click (father)
Mary A. (Eckenrode) Click (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31787 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Zwickau, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the August Horch Motorwagenwerke Industry
MACR: 4879
More information
Sgt Melvin E. Click graduated from Westminster High School and worked at Glenn Martin Co. He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland on 25 November 1942.At 1240 hours in the area west of Coburg, Germany, the airplane was rammed in mid-air by an enemy fighter. On impact both aircraft exploded and went down. No parachutes were sighted and it is the pre-samption of those observing the crash that it is inconceivable that any members of the crew of 42-31787 could have gotten out of the aircraft before it struck the earth. The airplane crashed into the community forest of Langenhain-Ziegenberg, near the road to Adlerhorst, 3 km west of the town.
Sgt Click was initially buried at the community cemetery of Wernborn.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, WW2Memorial, Footnote, www.ancestry.com - Orndorff Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Evening Sun - 10 June 1944