Leland E Mills
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Shot down April 9, 1944 in B-17 #42-97465. Prisoner of War (POW)
OBITUARY: Leland Eugene Mills (1922-1997)
WINTERS - Leland Mills, 75, of Winters died Saturday at a local hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Jeff May officiating. Burial will be in the Northview Cemetary under the direction of the Winters Funeral Home.
Mr. Mills was born in Winters. He married Jo Brannon in 1941 in Abilene. He was veteran of the Army Air Force, serving during World War II. He worked for the Civil Service living in Montana, North Dakota and Abilene where he was a traffic manager for Dyess Air Force Base before retiring in 1981. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Winters.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Mills of Winters; one son, Bruce Mills of Colorado City; one daughter, Mariea Bellinger of Abilene; one brother, Kenneth Mills of Monahans; 10 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Obituary (April 6, 1997): http://web.reporternews.com/obits97/040697.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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Scarlet Harlot
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
7 March 1922 | ||
Enlisted |
24 September 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
9 April 1944 | ||
Died |
5 April 1997 | ||
Other Career |
After World War II, Mills worked for the Civil Service living in Montana, North Dakota and Abilene, Texas, where he was a traffic manager for Dyess Air Force Base before retiring in 1981. | ||
Other Married |
Married Jo Brannon in 1941 in Abilene, Texas. Children: Bruce Mills and Mariea Mills (Bellinger). | ||
Buried |
Northview Cemetary |
Revisions
National Archives, Enlistment Records, Leland Mills, Serial Number 18157211
Obituary (April 6, 1997): http://web.reporternews.com/obits97/040697.html
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 3665
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3665 / MACR 3665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database