Meredith H Mills Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 50378
Mills was murdered by German civilians on 21 July 1944 after baling out of his crashing B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97350).
Mills safely parachuted from the aircraft, landing between Urach and Schollach in Germany, along Frank Miskiak and Charles Woolf. The three flyers were taken as Prisoners of War to Urach and incarcerated in a local police building. The three men were then marched towards Shollach where they were shot by their captors and left dead in the woods.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group Can Do 365th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36365096
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-710359
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 365th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
Epfenhofen, 78176 Blumberg, Germany | 21 July 1944 | |
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Born |
St Augustine, Florida |
Revisions
Records from the US Military Tribunal at Dachau, US POW cases, January- December 1947, at the Jewish Virtual Library, Case No. 12-779 (US vs. Heinrich Birnbreier et al) Tried 25 April 47
Nazi crime on 5 US soldiers marks the 70th anniversary (Translated title), German newspaper article on the murder from 2014.
MACR 7276 via Fold 3
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7276