Milton Teltser
Military
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UPL 14116
B-24 Liberator 42-40613 'Pudgy' lost 1st Aug 43 on the Ploesti oil refinery raid. 6 KIA, 5 POW - MACR 333. (L-R) - Lt. Milton Teltser - Pilot (POW) / Lt. Wilmer Bassett - Co-Pilot (POW) / Lt. Robert Ward - Bombardier (KIA) / Lt. Sanford Reback - Navigator (KIA).
Linked to the biographies of the men identified in the caption. This is consistent with other records of the Pudgy crew on the Polesti raid.
Crashed on 8/1/43 while TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'Pudgy' #42-40613, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670491
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot/Observer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pudgy
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of war |
1 August 1943 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 333, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 221