Milton Aaron Klarsfeld
MilitaryAssigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Gerald R Smith crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025 17-Dec-44; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen sytem shot out, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10680
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082953 / O-824959
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albany, NY | 19 August 1922 | Son of Charles R Klarsfeld. |
Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 20 August 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
1 January 2016 | ||
Buried |
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY | 5 January 2106 | Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville, Saratoga County, NY |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10680 |