Miles Richard League

Military
media-48112.jpeg UPL 48112 2nd Lt Miles R League, 93BG.

Newspaper clipping

Object Number - UPL 48112 - 2nd Lt Miles R League, 93BG.

Pilot 42-40610, flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Later on 9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.

25-Feb-44 Shot down by FW190s in B-24 41-24147 "The Duchess". Prisoner of war (POW)

Awards: DFC, BS, AM (5OLC), PH, AF Commendation, WWII Victory, EAME (8 battle stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24147

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Duchess - Evelyn
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

42-40610

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Sister
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 June 1921 Son of James Britt and Gabriella [Busbee] League.

Enlisted

Charlotte, NC 16 January 1942 Charlotte, North Carolina

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.

Other

Interned (INT)

291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden 9 October 1943 9-Oct-43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 25 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

Herxheim, Germany 25 February 1944 Shot down by FW190s in B-24 41-24147 "The Duchess" 25-Feb-44. Prisoner of war (POW)

Died

Greenville, SC 24 September 2010

Buried

Springwood Cemetery Greenville, Greenville County, SC 27 September 2010 Springwood Cemetery Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

Based

Assigned

Benina Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF. TDY 9AF.

Revisions

Date27 Feb 2021 17:08:02
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/283246499/miles-richard-league-social-secu…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83989384/miles-r-league-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59215740/miles-richard-league

Date11 Oct 2019 14:03:56
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, events, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

Date13 Apr 2015 14:21:31
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, events, unit associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.forcedlandingcollection.se

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:14
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 830 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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