Marvin L Milam

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

303BG website records do not indicate when he was assigned to the 303BG/360BS and they do not indicate that he was assigned to a regular crew. As is common with Aerial Gunners he may have been assigned to some type of ground duty and only flew missions as a substitute for a regularly assigned gunner on an aircraft.



Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24620 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).



Participated in 3 Operations



Purple Heart

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24585) formerly of the 303rd Bomb Group, in Luftwaffe markings after being captured by the Germans. Handwritten caption on reverse: '303BG lost 12/12/42.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wulfe Hound
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Two airmen of the 303rd Bomb Group admire the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Iza Vailable". Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Keystone Press Agency, 'Sacred' and U.S. Official Photograph O.W.I. [Stamps].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Iza Vailable
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Mission #1, SGT Marvin L. Milam, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS

6 December 1942 Served as Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulf Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2, SGT Marvin L. Milam, w/B-17F 42-2963, 303BG/360BS

Lorient, France 30 December 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 42-2973 "Iza Vailable", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3, SGT Marvin L. Milam, w/B-17F 41-24620, 303BG/360BS - KIA

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down and he was Killed in Action (KIA).

Born

Texas

Buried

Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot N, Row 8, Grave 16.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bois d'Escoublac, 44500 La Baule-Escoublac, France 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained damage from AA fire and enemy aircraft and crashed into the Forest of Escoublac, France west of St. Nazaire.

Revisions

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2016. Correcting typo in Summary Biography.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016 Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016 Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Correcting Mission #1 date typo.

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Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016 Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/090.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Edited Summary Biography with first paragraph; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Missions per 303BG website, Gayr Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/

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Lee Cunningham 15-Jan-2015.Added KIA event per MACT 15464; Added decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; added cew position to biography per MACR 15464.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15464 / MACR 15464, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61,

href="http://303rdbg.com/rost-m.html#M">http://303rdbg.com/rost-m.html#M> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database