Milo A Raim

Military
media-5492.jpeg UPL 5492 The Pollock Crew
Subsequenly flew #42-3488, shown here with a B-17F-BO.

Standing Left to Right:
T/Sgt. Herbert M Baber: Engineer/Gunner
Sgt. Howard G Hall: Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Theodore R Schatz: Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. Wilfred M Husband: Asst. radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. Francis M. Harwell: Waist Gunner
Sgt. Joseph La Via: Tail Gunner

Kneeling Left to Right:
2/Lt. Edwin F Pollock: Pilot
2/Lt. Milo A Raim: Co-Pilot
2/Lt. Maurice G Alexander: Navigator
2/Lt. Max Weinstein: Bombardier

Marchese; FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

Object Number - UPL 5492 - The Pollock Crew Subsequenly flew #42-3488, shown here with a B-17F-BO. Standing Left to Right: T/Sgt. Herbert M Baber: Engineer/Gunner Sgt....

Milo Raim served as a co-pilot with the 385th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Great Ashfield, England. On 11 December 1943, he was shot down in B-17 #42-3488 and taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Weidner’s Wildcat
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA 31 December 1920 Son of William G Raim (1888-1944) and Rose J Raim, nee Petrik (1882-1962)

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA, USA 10 April 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 December 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Died

Orlando, FL, USA 30 December 2003

Buried

Swisher, IA 52338, USA Blain Cemetery
Linn County, IA, USA

Revisions

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Updated the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Harvey Weinstein - Son of his Bombardier

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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