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Samuel Millman

Engineer / Top Turret · 409th Squadron
HometownPhiladelphia, PA

Assigned to 409th Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group at Hardwick, England in summer 1944. Flew combat as flight engineer and upper Martin turret gunner aboard B-24s Gambling Lady and Tabasco Keeds from Sept. 18, 1944 to March 21, 1945. Completed 35 bombing missions in "Ted's Flying Circus."

Completed Tour

Sortie Log

8 CATALOGUED SORTIES
09 OCT 1944 — 22 FEB 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 670
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
Lead aircraft (circled 1)
XX-XX679
№ 781
05 JAN 1945
Target unrecorded
XX-XX598
№ 809
28 JAN 1945
KaiserstuhlO/I
Tobasco Keeds44-40116
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
Spare aircraft
44-0116
№ 824
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 4-1
Tobasco Keeds44-40116
№ 835
19 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 3-3
XX-XX118
№ 839
21 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Tobasco Keeds44-40116
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 3-1; (1) marked on Pilot
42-51241
§ Personal Record
Before the War

Born March 11, 1918 in Philadelphia, PA. Joined USAAC in 1940. Trained in airplane mechanics at Casey Jones School of Aeronautics, Newark, NJ and Pratt & Whitney Engine School, Flint, MI. Volunteered for flying duty; sent to Biggs Field, TX for crew assignment and overseas training.