Milton I Waters Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in either B-26 42-34212 or 42-96207. No MACR as accident (Clearly a replacement, as not from either of the original crew lists) Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 586th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-721645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 586th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19051218 / O-734198
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15 019 555
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Bruno, CA | 1 May 1922 | Son of Milton I Snr and Genevieve Marie [Dowling] Waters. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 9 June 1942 | |
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Died |
Epinoy, France | 18 December 1944 | Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in either B-26 42-34212 or 42-96207. |
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Buried |
19 December 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Based |
Boreham | 18 December 1944 | Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA | Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA |
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