Roger W Milford
Military ROLL OF HONOURhttp://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-02-19.html (The Molesworth Pilot; 303rd Bomb Group Newsletter)
15-Sep-42 Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with the 303BG/427BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. Date of arrival at Molesworth, UK could not be definitely determined appoximately 22-Oct-42. He flew as a substitute Aerial Gunner on several 303BG/427BS aircraft.
Shot down 23 January 1943 in B-17F #41-24607 'Jerry Jinx' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target of Lorient, France and crashed into the Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA)
Participated in 4 Operation (2 Aborted). See Biography Events
Connections
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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: Kali
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jerry Jinx : What's Up Doc
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Joe Btfsplk II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Unit |
Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA | 15 September 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner with the 303BG/427BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. |
Other Mission #1, SGT Roger W. Milford, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as a substitute Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Other Mission #2, SGT Roger W. Milford, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as a substitute Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Other Mission #3, SGT Roger W. Milford, w/B-17F 41-24610, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as a substitute Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24610 "JoeBTFSPLK", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, SGT Roger W. Milford, w/B-17F 41-24607, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as a substitute Tail Gunner on B-17F 41-24607 "Jerry Jinx", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the Bay of Biscay. KIA. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target of Lorient, France and crashed into the sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to Unit event per 303BG websitem, Gary Moncur, Historian, 303BG Personnel Roster; http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 19-Jan-2016. Added inital assignment to Summary Biography; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 21-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15473; Added Role per 303rd Bomb Group website, Gary Moncur, historian; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15473 / MACR 15473, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 66 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database