Stephen A Milewski

Military

Stephen Milewski was a Right Waist gunner in the 463rd Bomb Group / 775th Bomb Squadron (15th Air Force), in Italy. He was on board B-17 # 42-31685 on the 10 May 1944 mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory, Austria. Made a Prisoner of War (POW) - Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4660. Wounded, Stephen Milewski was captured by the Germans near the crash location of his B-17. He was brought to an hospital and his wounds were cared for. The MACR mentions that on 25 May 1944 he and Ball Turret gunner Eugene Parker left Luftwaffe Hospital 5/XVII in Felbring (Muthmannsdorf), ±25km NE of Vöstenhof, Austria. Put on a train, they arrived in Vienna and after a long and painful voyage, landed in the POW camp Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo, Poland). Milewski was liberated during a forced march on 1 or 2 May 1945 by the Russians.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 32719960
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 38396309
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Service Numbers: O-750952
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 19005031 and O-751540
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 12120237 and O-814293
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delaware, United States 28 April 1924 the son of Peter Milewski

Enlisted

Camden, New Jersey, United States 17 February 1943

Other

Made a Prisoner of War (POW)

near Schrattenbach, Austria 10 May 1944 Captured around noon near Schrattenbach, ±6km North of Vöstenhof

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland 10 May 1944 - 1 May 1945 Wounded, he was cared for at the Luftwaffe Hospital in Felbring (Muthmannsdorf), ±25km NE of Vöstenhof, Austria. Put on a train, arrived in Vienna and interned in the POW camp Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo, Poland). NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 8 June 1945”

Died

Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States 28 October 1994
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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MACR 4660
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
"Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II", by Kay Hughes, niece and Harold E. Dwyer, brother, of Pilot Stanley N. Dwyer (iUniverse books - 2011)
Contacts with the Stanley Dwyer family.