Milo Edgar Blakely

Military

Object Number - UPL 7184 - 2nd Lt Lawrence Cook Crew: Back Row L to R: Thomas Mikulka-TG; John J Alexander, Jr-WG; Milo Blakely-WG; Jay Joyce-RO; John R Kyler-BGT; John...

Shot down by fighters and flak on return from mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30423. Evaded (EVD).
See the story of his evasion on his page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fblakelme.html

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Units served with

People

John Joseph Alexander

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32363852
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Brookings Bangs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36030654 at enlistment, then O-754310
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Emmett Hays Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070999 at enlistment, then O-735248
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Booth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13096872
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Donald Houston Caylor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17064330 at enlistment, then O-747079
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-30423

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few 326th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rogue River, Jackson County, Oregon 2 May 1912

Enlisted

Portland, Oregon, USA 8 April 1942

Other

Evaded capture (EVD)

4 February 1944 - 6 September 1944 Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Comète evasion network. Was liberated by US troops from a secret camp in the Belgian Ardennes.

Died

Olympia, Washington, USA 25 November 1997
Algoma, Klamath County, Oregon, USA

Buried

Maple Valley, Washington, USA Milo Blakely rests at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Maple Valley, State of Washington.

Revisions

Date24 Jun 2021 09:55:30
ContributorED-BB
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Updated website address

Date15 Sep 2020 21:08:51
Contributorjmoore43
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Added 2 spaces to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Updated events per info in the event comments.

Date27 May 2020 08:25:31
ContributorED-BB
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Corrected birth date (from VA Gravesite Locator)

Date22 May 2020 13:45:45
ContributorED-BB
Sources

MACR 2237
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1655
Research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fblakelme.html

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:15
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2237 / MACR 2237, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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