CALIFORNIA
T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMB GROUP H
544TH SQUADRON
WORLD WAR II
He was credited with completing 32 combat missions. The requirement at that time was 35.
November 30, 1944, following bombs away on Oil Refinery in Zeitz, Germany, his B-17 was hit by flak, force landed near Rebgeshaim Hesse Germany. All crew members survived the landing and the unarmed men scattered in groups. Milton Erich, was the waist gunner and along with the pilot, Hugh Evans, co-pilot; Thomas Kohlhaas, and John Bellovary; Ball Turret Gunner, they took refuge in a small woods where they were discovered hiding by some rabbit hunters. They were taken to the village and at some point were shot in the back in Beltershain,Germany. The next day they were buried in a wooded area and after the war ended they were found and buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands. Milton Erich's remains were returned to the U.S. and buried in his home town cemetery.
The other crew members were captured and turned over to the German army personnel and sent to P.O.W. camps. They were liberated at the end of the war and returned to the U.S.
T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMB GROUP H
544TH SQUADRON
WORLD WAR II
He was credited with completing 32 combat missions. The requirement at that time was 35.
November 30, 1944, following bombs away on Oil Refinery in Zeitz, Germany, his B-17 was hit by flak, force landed near Rebgeshaim Hesse Germany. All crew members survived the landing and the unarmed men scattered in groups. Milton Erich, was the waist gunner and along with the pilot, Hugh Evans, co-pilot; Thomas Kohlhaas, and John Bellovary; Ball Turret Gunner, they took refuge in a small woods where they were discovered hiding by some rabbit hunters. They were taken to the village and at some point were shot in the back in Beltershain,Germany. The next day they were buried in a wooded area and after the war ended they were found and buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands. Milton Erich's remains were returned to the U.S. and buried in his home town cemetery.
The other crew members were captured and turned over to the German army personnel and sent to P.O.W. camps. They were liberated at the end of the war and returned to the U.S.
CALIFORNIA
T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMB GROUP H
544TH SQUADRON
WORLD WAR II
He was credited with completing 32 combat missions. The requirement at that time was 35.
November 30, 1944, following bombs away on Oil Refinery in Zeitz, Germany, his B-17 was hit by flak, force landed near Rebgeshaim Hesse Germany. All crew members survived the landing and the unarmed men scattered in groups. Milton Erich, was the waist gunner and along with the pilot, Hugh Evans, co-pilot; Thomas Kohlhaas, and John Bellovary; Ball Turret Gunner, they took refuge in a small woods where they were discovered hiding by some rabbit hunters. They were taken to the village and at some point were shot in the back in Beltershain,Germany. The next day they were buried in a wooded area and after the war ended they were found and buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands. Milton Erich's remains were returned to the U.S. and buried in his home town cemetery.
The other crew members were captured and turned over to the German army personnel and sent to P.O.W. camps. They were liberated at the end of the war and returned to the U.S.
T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMB GROUP H
544TH SQUADRON
WORLD WAR II
He was credited with completing 32 combat missions. The requirement at that time was 35.
November 30, 1944, following bombs away on Oil Refinery in Zeitz, Germany, his B-17 was hit by flak, force landed near Rebgeshaim Hesse Germany. All crew members survived the landing and the unarmed men scattered in groups. Milton Erich, was the waist gunner and along with the pilot, Hugh Evans, co-pilot; Thomas Kohlhaas, and John Bellovary; Ball Turret Gunner, they took refuge in a small woods where they were discovered hiding by some rabbit hunters. They were taken to the village and at some point were shot in the back in Beltershain,Germany. The next day they were buried in a wooded area and after the war ended they were found and buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands. Milton Erich's remains were returned to the U.S. and buried in his home town cemetery.
The other crew members were captured and turned over to the German army personnel and sent to P.O.W. camps. They were liberated at the end of the war and returned to the U.S.
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