Name:
Walter S. Milne
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-793149
Unit:
751st Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-20
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Me
Plot:
A
Row:
7
Grave:
39
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
1st Lt Walter S. Milne, pilot of the B-17 42-97137 “Silver Queen”, took off from station 130 in Glatton, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over the V1 site of Gorenflos. The plane was hit by flak between the belly turret and radio station. It crashed at 1850, killing all but two crew members.