Miles, Thomas Eugene

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Miles, Thomas Eugene ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-467213 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #34 dated 20 February 1944, effective 20 February 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	16 March 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 16 March 1944 per General Orders #18, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 28 September 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 30 September 1919
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3243⇓ (33.507 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Ledbetter, Edwin Dwight⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Miles, Thomas Eugene	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Noxon, Elvin Bayard⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Poremba, Edward Adam⇗	Bombardier	KIA
PVT. Webster, Robert Lee⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Neves, Gordon Roland⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Walsh, James Francis⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. Haught, Ralph Eugene⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Johnson, James Harold⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Aircraft observed jettisoning bombs and stayed in formation until target was reached where he left formation with all four engines going and appeared to be diving down into the low group; apparently damaged by flak; crashed near Lhuître, France. MACR 3243 Sortie Report⇗

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