Milton Teltser

Military
media-14116.jpeg 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.

Object Number - 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) /...

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

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • 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

Events

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Other

Prisoner of war

1 August 1943

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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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

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