Edwin H Millson

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Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group after a mission, 8 August 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-201-1-379)(8-8-44)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson. Back from Germany. 8-8-44, 273.' media-413458.jpg FRE 4774 Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group after a mission, 8 August 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-201-1-379)(8-8-44)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson. Back from Germany. 8-8-44, 273.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4774 - Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group after a mission, 8 August 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-201-1-379)(8-8-44)." Handwritten...

Bombardier for Lew Lyles on unit's 300th mission.

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The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

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GENERAL ORDER # 649, 23 December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000

Edwin H Millson: Gallery (5 items)

Colonel Lewis E. Lyle of the 379th Bomb Group shares a joke with his fellow airmen: Major Edwin H. Millson and Major James G. Edwards. A veteran has written beneath the image: 'Edwards, Millson, Lyle.' The same veteran has written on the reverse: 'Col Lew Lyle, 379BG Second Co jokes with Maj Ed Millson (centre) & Maj Jim Edwards (left) before a mission, late 1944. Lyle flew 69 missions between Nov 42 and Apr 45, a record surpassed by only one other 8AF pilot. Millson was Bombardier, Edwards Group Navigato

Object number: FRE 1238 - Colonel Lewis E. Lyle of the 379th Bomb Group...

Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group with B-17 Flying Fortress, 24 July 1943. Official caption on image: "(GPR-32-6-379)(24-7-43)(Combat Crew)." Veteran has Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson - my bombardier - Norway - July 24, 1943 - sure hit the target!'

Object number: FRE 4740 - Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group...

Joe Wall, Peterson and Ed Millson of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress, 21 September 1943. Official caption on image: "(GPR-85-4-379)(21-9-43)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson.' Printed caption with (handwritten additions) on reverse: '(Navigator) Joe Wall - Peterson - (Millson). Peterson was the first (379th) man to walk out from France ... he was shot down at St. Nazaire. This was taken after his return. He was 526 pilot.'

Object number: FRE 4746 - Joe Wall, Peterson and Ed Millson of the 526th...

Colonel Maurice A. Preston talks to a bomber crew of the 379th Bomb Group, led by Major William C Sipes, after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ragin' Red", 1 Jan 1944. Passed for publication 1 Jan 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Photo Shows:- Colonel Maurice A. Preston, of Tulare, California, C.O. of the bomb group, on left, greeting the leader of the group, Major William C. Sipes, of Tuscan, Arizona (third from right) and other members of his crew after the mission. On right, Major

Object number: FRE 4750 - Colonel Maurice A. Preston talks to a bomber crew...

Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group after a mission, 8 August 1944. Official caption on image: "(GPR-201-1-379)(8-8-44)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson. Back from Germany. 8-8-44, 273.'

Object number: FRE 4774 - Ed Millson a bombardier of the 379th Bomb Group...