Milton R Epstein

Military

Mechanical failure enroute to target Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-7625 'Happy Go Luck' and after completing bombing mission turned towards Switzerland and landed at Dubendorf. Interned.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-7625

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Flying Termite
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Interned (INT)

Austria 18 March 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3335 / MACR 3335, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 72; The 446 Revisited, pg 233 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database