Milburn Carmon Phillips
MilitaryAssigned to 419BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer 2-Dec-44. Mechanical failure, ditched Adriatic Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10790.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16030768 / O-813610
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Alabama City, AL | 6 October 1922 | Son of Lawrence G Phillips. |
Enlisted |
Fort McClellan AL | 7 October 1942 | Fort McClellan Alabama |
Died |
Adriatic Sea | 2 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer 2-Dec-44. Mechanical failure, ditched Adriatic Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10790. |
Based |
Lucera | 2 December 1944 | Assigned to 419BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
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Sources
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