William Alfred Millea

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Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling UPL 60812 UPL 60812 William A. Millea, 750th BS, 457th BG. Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 10, Grave 22

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Object Number - UPL 60812 - William A. Millea, 750th BS, 457th BG. Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 10, Grave 22

750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. 30-Sep-44 in B-17 43-38538. Target was Munster, Germany, A/C hit by flak at 27,000 feet just after bombs away. Crashed at 1430hrs at Camp 'Schlieffen,' by Munster/Westfalen. Killed in Action (KIA).

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38538

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, Rhode Island 9 July 1919 BornProvidence, Rhode Island

Enlisted

Providence, Rhode Island 9 September 1941 EnlistedProvidence, Rhode Island

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Munster, Germany 30 September 1944 Killed in Action (KIA)Munster, Germany

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Liège, Belgium  1 January 1946 Re-InterredArdennes American Cemetery and MemorialLiege, Belgium

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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 9527;  Losses of the 8thAF, vol.4 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

William Alfred Millea: Gallery (2 items)

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling

Object number: UPL 60812 - William A. Millea, 750th BS, 457th BG. Ardennes...

William Millea

Object number: UPL 82680 - 2nd Lt William A. Millea