Serviceman
Edgar L Mills
816thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 14066591
- Rank
- Sgt (6 December 1943), Sgt (24 January 1944), Sgt (25 January 1944), SSGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (20 June 1944)
- Hometown
- TAMPA FL; Tampa FL
- Also written
- Edgar Mills
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 105
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 14066591); verify
Crews
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1037 | SSGT |
| 20 June 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1214 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
5 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 25 January 1944; grades seen: Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Howell R Witherspoon 34503659 LIG Cpl Robert N Giard
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Howell R /itherspoon
- 1943-12-06 HQ: Howell R ,itherspoon 34503650 L.G Cpl Robert N Giard
- 1944-01-24 816th: above 4 EM fr dy to sk in hosp
- 1944-01-25 816th: fr sk in hosp to dy
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 41, roll 458053820 p. 127, roll 458053820 p. 193, roll 461010974 p. 784, roll 461010974 p. 785
Statements, mentions and histories
Casualty questionnaire, page 15 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File-# 6981
Name of crew member:
PETERSON Eugene M.
s/Sgt
Rank:
39276395
Serial number:
Position: Crew (Bomber) Engineer
SASGT. PETERSON IS ALIVE AND WELL. THIS QUESTIONNAIRE
Did he bail out?
EVIDENTLY IS MEANT FOR SGT. M. M. DAVIS.
S/SGT. DAVIS*S REPORT WOULD READ THE SAME AS THAT OF
Where?
ST SGT EDGAR L. MILLS.
If not, why not' ?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane :
Was he injured?
Where was he when last seen?
Any hearsay information:
Source :
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF
National Archives, MACR 6981, page 15 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.
Eyewitness statement, page 20 · 18 July 1944
There 13 no questionnaire for s/Sgt. M. M. Davis, Eng. Gunner.
He flew at the waist gunner position rather than from the upper
turret. His questionnaire would read the same as that of s/Sgt.
Edgar L. Mills. Last contact was made just prior to attack by fighters.
As we did not hear from him after this, not even to answer the bail out
order, we can only assume that he was killed by enemy action while in n
flight. He was an excellent soldier and haad he been able I know that
he would have answered our pilots order to bail out. There was norumor
nor information of any kind concerning him.
National Archives, MACR 6981, page 20 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.
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