Milton Henry Shoesmith
Military
Picture from his Nephew Alan Gunther
Object Number - UPL 40224 - A newspaper Article about Lt Milton Shoesmith
Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-39998;
Shot down by enemy fighters and crashed at Rosthausen near Clappenburg, Germany 8-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5174
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Noted as a witness on MACR's 2377, 2378, 2379, 2380 and 2381.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13019503 / O-414564
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18056049 / T-122539
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33326319
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38114463
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12143967
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: First Love
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Providence, Rhode Island, USA | 23 June 1921 | Son of William and Annie G Shoesmith. |
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Enlisted |
Providence, RI | 18 March 1942 | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
|
Other Baled out POW |
4 miles NW Cloppenburg, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-39998; Shot down by enemy fighters and crashed at Rosthausen near Clappenburg, Germany 8-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5174 |
|
Died |
Warwick, RI | 31 October 1981 | |
|
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Pawtuxet Memorial Park, Warwick, Kent County, RI | Pawtuxet Memorial Park Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island | |
| Providence, RI | NoK: husband to Shirley V Shoesmith. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4569 / MACR 4569; Snetterton Falcons, pg 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
