Milton Robert Partington

Military

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy' 26-Jul-43; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Francis Tessier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11023695 / O-791352
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30174

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Luck II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hartford, CT 8 June 1921 Son of Robert Tyler and Amah Olive [Cunningham] Partington.

Enlisted

Rutland, VT 5 November 1942 Rutland, Vermont

Other

Baled out POW

Aurich, Germany 26 July 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy' 26-Jul-43; shot down, baled out. POW MACR 90

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 26 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Other

Discharged USAAF

22 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

West Topsham, VT 10 November 1996

Buried

Waits River Cemetery Waits River, Orange County, VT 13 November 1996 Waits River Cemetery Waits River, Orange County, Vermont

Based

Bury St Edmunds 26 July 1943 Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 90