Milo A Raim
MilitarySubsequenly 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
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: Airfield
- 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
Updated the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=mil…
ww2info record: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=105946
Findagrave record: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=raim&GSfn=milo&GSbyre…;
https://www.sysoon.com/deceased/milo-a-raim-215
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=RAIM%2C%20M…
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