Milton Eugene Castleman

Military

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Shot down 22-May-44 in B-17 42-102402. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4954

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Served in Korean and Vietnam conflicts rising to rank of Lt Colonel.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Herbert Arno Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31216315
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Gilmore Fitch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17152119
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John Bethany Hardman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39167609
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Jack Franklin Hickey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17061679 / O-683996
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Henry Markiewicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10600982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-102402

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chickasha, OK 18 February 1919 Son of Mattie Castleman.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL 1 August 1941 Peoria, Illinois

Other

Baled out POW

22 May 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 22 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Gulfport, MS 16 November 2004

Buried

Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, MS 19 November 2004 Biloxi National Cemetery Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Grafton Underwood 22 May 1944 Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date19 Jul 2020 10:31:24
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28652702
https://www.fold3.com/image/655227514
https://www.fold3.com/record/84346008-milton-e-castleman
https://www.fold3.com/record/42954466-milton-e-castleman
https://www.fold3.com/record/717528830-castleman-milton-e
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=658
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186068164/milton-e-castleman

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:17
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4954 / MACR 4954, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database