MANNING Melville R - 513 BS 376 BGH

 

Melville Reeves MANNING

 

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Source : bjones (Ellen Marchese)

 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-819925 (39152268) 
AGE26 yo
DATE OF BIRTH 7 August 1917 Conway, Laclede County, MISSOURI
ENLISTMENT STATECALIFORNIA
FAMILY

Spouse : Grace V.

RANK
Second Lieutenant sergeant armee de terre
FONCTIONCo Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT Managers and officialsCA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT3 June 1941 Presidio of San Francisco CALIFORNIA
 SQUADRON513rd Bomber Squadron
 GROUP376th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY15th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH6 August 1944

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Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHToulon
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28965 Codé-55 "Vivien"

B 24 Liberator

Macr : 7317
Mission : Port de Toulon (83)

Take off San Pancrasio, Italy

Crash observed by S/Sgt John C Debeljak

Shot by the flak at 13:09
Aircraft partially evacuated just before the explosion in flight

 
CEMETERY TEMPORARYMUNICIPAL CEMETERY of Toulon

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Luynes Cemetery,

Aix-En-Provance N°3551

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B319
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

US AAF Air Crew Badge


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Photo FDLM

victory medal

badge-aaf_aircrew

 
usaf 15af 376th Bomber Group, Heavy 376th Bomber Group, Heavy
STORY
 

MANNING_Melville_R

Source : Michel Beckers

 2Lt Melville Ree Manning was the Co-Pilot on B24H 41-28965 376th Bomb Group, that was hit by flak immediately after bomb release over Toulon on August 6, 1944.

Before the Liberator crashed, four crew members parachuted to safety, but Manning and four others were declared MIA, later KIA.

In 1948, Manning's remains were positively identified in a Toulon cemetery and reburied in the U.S. Military Cemetery at Luynes, France. Manning was born in 1916 in Pasadena, CA and enlisted in the Air Corps in March, 1941...

He wed Grace V. Ward in California April 20, 1943

 

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"The Crew" of a B-24 on flight training from Chatham Field. Georgia at Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana, Cuba. March 1943.
Alfred A. Amann, Pilot
Melville R. Manning, Co-Pilot
Russ Weyland, Bombardier
George A. Tarr, Waist Gunner & Engineer
Leroy W. Clark, Radio Operator
Bertram Weinberger, Navigator
Joseph Penyak, Ball Turret Gunner
Francis Maloney, Tail Gunner
Tommy Scott, Waist Gunner & Armorer

 

 

Crew of B-24 Liberator - type H-20-DT - s/n 41-28965 Codé-55

"Vivien"

 

2Lt Alfred A AMANN Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-812529 - AM+1/PH - Son of Mrs Rose Amann, Utica, New York
2Lt Melville R. MANNING CoPilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan
O-819925 - AM/PH - Spoux de Mrs Grace Ward-Manning, Arcadia, California
2Lt Russell Salvador WEYLAND Bomber Prisoner   O-707466 - Son of Anton et Octavia Weyland, Chicago, Illinois
T/Sgt Terondino A BATTISTONE Mechanic Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 35632239 - AM+1 - Son of Mrs Ann Battistone, Bellaire, Ohio
T/Sgt Leroy Walter  Jr CLARK Radio Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 18163347 - AM+1 - Son of Mrs Verda Mae Hall, Beggs, Oklahoma
S/Sgt James R Jr AYCOCK Gunner Prisoner   14171122 - Né le 23/05/1924 - Son of Mrs Riller Aycock, Russellville, Alabama - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
S/Sgt Richylan Homer HOLT Gunner Dead West View Cem. Wrightsville, Georgia
 34243036 - 22 ans - Son of Henry Homer Holt, Palm Beach Co, Florida - S'est parachuté, mais aurait été tué par une des bombes pendant sa descente
S/Sgt Tommy L SCOTT Gunner En fuite   17090543 - Son of Mrs Cora V Scott, Brighton, Colorado
S/Sgt Marion Thomas WHITESIDES Gunner Prisoner   14160293 - Né le 06/06/1923 - Son of Mrs Obie B Whitesides, Coxs Creek, Kentucky

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