Milton Hunter Duckworth
Military
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Object Number - UPL 56965 - Capt Milton H. Duckworth, 465BG.
Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he bailed out of the aircraft and survived to be captured. 20-Nov-44. Prisoner of War. MACR 9889.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts rising to Lt Colonel.
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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: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander - Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Florida, USA | 14 October 1915 | Son of J D Duckworth. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Blechhammer, 92439 Bodenwöhr, Germany | 20 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he bailed out of the aircraft and survived to be captured. 20-Nov-44. POW. MACR 9889. |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Barth, Germany | 20 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
St. Petersburg, FL, USA | 21 September 1992 | |
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Buried |
Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County FL | 24 September 1992 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County Florida, USA |
| N Klondyke St, Tampa, FL 33604, USA | Husband of Hazel Irene Duckworth. | ||
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Based |
Pantanella | 20 November 1944 | Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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