Edward T Miluck
Military
Object Number - UPL 18016 - L-R 1st Lt Charles W 'Wally' Tribken and 1st Lt Edward T Miluck. 1st US pilots to return from North Africa want to get back into the big show rather...
American volunteer Edward T Miluck discharged from the Army Air Corps before WW II started.
arrived in the UK in September 1941, and was posted to join 121 Eagle Squadron RAF as a P/O on probation 6-41, later transferring into 71 Eagle Squadron RAF as a replacement pilot 21-9-41. Flying Spitfire Mk Vbs the squadron was engaged in escort and offensive fighter sweeps over the channel and northern France, taking part in the air cover over Dieppe.
Volunteered for active service in the Far East 29-9-42, he made it as far as Durban, SA before being diverted to Nth Africa and 250 Sqn RAF where he flew Mk II Hurricanes and P-40 Kittyhawks as a Flt Lt. Involved in the Gazala debacle and then El Alamein through to the expulsion of axis forces from Nth Africa. Transferred to USAAF and promoted to Major.
Returned to United States to train American airmen. Left USAAF 1946.
Korean War, 1950-1952 Air Force Reserve.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Dakota, USA | ||
| Nevada, USA |
Revisions
EAGLES OF THE RAF - THE WORLD WAR II EAGLE SQUADRONS by Phillip D Caine.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.52927
EAGLES OF THE RAF - THE WORLD WAR II EAGLE SQUADRONS by Phillip D Caine.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.52927
