Delbert Milliron
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/1/44; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 1/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Bruce Hutchins, Co-pilot: Bob Webber, no nav, Bombardier: Jim Haile, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George White, Radio...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Lago, ID | 25 April 1919 |
Son of Alfred Peter and Adelia B Hansen. |
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Based | Kimbolton | March 1944 – July 1944 |
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Discharged USAAF | 10 September 1945 | |
Honourable discharge. |
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Died | Logan, UT | 17 April 1997 |
Buried | Logan City Cemetery, Logan, UT | 20 April 1997 |
Logan City Cemetery |
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12 July 2019 11:32:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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12 July 2019 11:30:08 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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