Joseph E Milliner
MilitaryTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23779.
Shot down by fighters 16 August 1943. Attack was on Foggia airfields under TDY to the 9th AAF in 41-24229 'Buzzin' Bear'. After capture following a bail out, captured and imprisoned.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of war |
16 August 1943 | ||
Born |
Louisville, Kentucky |
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Sources
44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy pp. 109-112 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia