Milton Stayton Damron
Military
Object Number - UPL 51801 - 1st Lt Milton S. Damron, 364FG
Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8SF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Kiel, last seen chasing a FW190 in P-38 42-68125, baled out near Kiel 22-May-44, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oceanside, CA | 3 April 1921 | Son of George Donald and Hazel R [Edge] Damron. |
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Enlisted |
San Diego, CA | 4 May 1942 | San Diego, California |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 22 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out |
Kiel, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Kiel, last seen chasing a FW190 in P-38 42-68125, baled out near Kiel 22-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
Imperial, CA | 14 March 2002 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery El Centro, Imperial County, CA | 17 March 2002 | Evergreen Cemetery El Centro, Imperial County, California |
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Based |
Honington | 22 May 1944 | Assigned to 384FS, 364FG, 8SF USAAF. |
| El Centro, CA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/618928162-milton-damron-1921
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101551282/milton-stayton-damron
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5007 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
