Milton, Theodore Ross

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Milton, Theodore Ross ⇗
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel
Serial Number	O-23307
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #204 dated 15 October 1944, effective 15 November 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, Station 594, per Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group Morning Report (SO 160, HQ, 8th AF) dated 17 June 1945, effective 17 June 1945.
Duty	Commanding Officer
Last Duty Date	17 June 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received on 11 January 1944.
Additional Information	Assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 384th bomb Group effective 14 October 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #204 dated 15 October 1944. Assumed command of the 384th Bomb Group on 24 October 1944. Appointed Colonel effective 21 January 1945, per 384th Morning Report dated 31 January 1945.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 44-11-16-534⇓ (1.778 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Commander	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Commander	44‑8008⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
--	16 November 1944	None Non-combat sortie	Co-pilot	43‑38588⇗	During an administrative flight to Villacoublay Airfield, near Paris, France, weather closed in forcing a diversion to A-46 (Toussous le Noble). Through a misunderstanding, pilot landed on a runway that was closed to B-17 traffic. The right main gear sank into a filled bomb crater at the end of the landing roll, damaging portions of the right wing, engines, and propellors. There were no injuries to personnel. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Commander	44‑8007⇗	Combat Mission Credit Division lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
241⇗	19 December 1944	Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany	Commander	44‑8221⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report⇗
250⇗	3 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium	Commander	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Commander	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Commander	44‑8649⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Pilot	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit This aircraft replaced 42‑98027. 'Cowboy-Scouter' mission. Sortie Report⇗
310⇗	14 April 1945	Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France	Commander	44‑8401⇗	Combat Mission Credit Col. Milton, Wing Lead. Sortie Report⇗
312⇗	16 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Col. Milton flew mission as 'Cowboy Scouter'. Sortie Report⇗

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