Milton Wallace Stern
Military
Added photo from the Library of Congress website at https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.01348/z…
Object Number - UPL 54726 - Milton Stern photo 1943
Milton Stern was Navigator on board B-17G 42-38029, shot down on the Berlin mission, 8 March 1944. After landing in parachute near Deventer, The Netherlands, he managed to evade capture for almost 3 months, with the help of Dutch and Belgian people. Helped by the Belgian Comète evasion network, notably in Hasselt and Liège, he was arrested upon denounciation in Liege on 27 May 1944. Interned at the Prison Saint-Léonard in Liège until he left for the Luftwaffe HQ in Brussels from where he was transported by train to the Luftwaffe Interrogation Center in Oberursel. Detained at Stalag Luft 1 from 29 July 1944 until liberated by Russin troops on 1 May 1945. MACR 3002. Evaded / POW. See the story of his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fsternmw.html
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32747053
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35622610
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
15 July 1923 | Buffalo, New York, United States | |
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Other evaded capture |
8 March 1944 - 27 May 1944 | Helped in The Netherlands and Belgium until captured among others on denunciation | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 May 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Ended up in Stalag Luft 1, liberated by Russian troops | |
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Died |
22 December 2007 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States | |
| Rochester, New York |
Revisions
MACR 3002
RAMP Report of 31 May 1945
Research for his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fsternmw.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3002 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, MACR 3002, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
