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GIKAS, Miltiades Charles - Date of
birth
4 December 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31258989 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
712th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 March 1944 - Place of
death
Southeast of Dieppe, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Costa Gikas (father)
Evangeli Gikas (mother)
Alexandria Gikas (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-109808 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 3549
More information
S/Sgt Miltiades C. Gikas enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, on 21 January 1943.The airplane was hit by flak and broke up. Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight were killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
http://www.8thafhs.com/db/get_one_mission.php?mission_id=785, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Danny van der Groen, www.honorstates.org, www.findagrave.com, Matthew Sargent