Milton Jameson Mills Jr
MilitaryMilton Mills Jr, via the Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society
Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29963. Evaded capture, helped by French citizens and evasion networks. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1977 - Escape & Evasion Report E&E 689 ( https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555329 ).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18226609
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
22 April 1923 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
Enlisted |
25 January 1943 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
Other bailed out of |
30 December 1943 | from B-17 42-29963 over France | |
Other evaded capture |
30 December 1943 | with the help of French citizens and Résistance organizations. Back in UK on 30 May 1944. | |
Died |
15 April 2008 | ||
Born |
Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia | ||
Buried |
Milton Mills rests at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Kenova, West Virginia. |
Revisions
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MACR 1977
NARA WWII Enlistment records database
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 689
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1977; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 290