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Capt Milton Edison Soward Veteran

Birth: 17 May 1918
Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA
Death: 24 Apr 1944 (aged 25)
Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial: Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot: Plot A Row 45 Grave 25
Memorial ID: 56375656 View Source

Flying a P-47D he took off from Beaulieu to provide withdrawal support for 8th Air Force bombers from Southern Germany. He was last seen around 1715hrs, north of Amiens, France after strafing a HE111. German report J-890 confirms that his P-47 was shot down by flak and crashed at Chemin aux Carrottes, south-east boundary of Arras in north-west France at 1704hrs.

Flying a P-47D he took off from Beaulieu to provide withdrawal support for 8th Air Force bombers from Southern Germany. He was last seen around 1715hrs, north of Amiens, France after strafing a HE111. German report J-890 confirms that his P-47 was shot down by flak and crashed at Chemin aux Carrottes, south-east boundary of Arras in north-west France at 1704hrs.

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Maintained by: Albert Ledoux
Originally Created by: War Graves
Added: Aug 7, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56375656/milton_edison-soward: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Milton Edison Soward (17 May 1918–24 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56375656, citing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Albert Ledoux (contributor 46511171).

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