_**Milton; _**Milton M Slafkes ( *_12185949* ) enlisted in the US Army on 16 November, 1942 in New Your City, NY. Milton was residing in Kings County, NY and was accepted directly into the AAC as a Private. He was born in NY in 1924 and had completed one year of college and was working as a shipping and receiving clerk and was still single at enlistment. ****_

Milton was eventually ssigned to the 321st Bomb Group, 448th Bomb squadron, B-25 Mitchell Combat Aerial Gunner.

321st BG War Diary; Friday, 18 August 1944 Toulon Harbor, France

448th BS Mission Summary (Ops Order 498/mission 498) Group Mission # 498: Mission 325 (498): At 10:53 36 planes off to bomb a battleship, cruiser, destroyer, and submarine in Toulon Harbor, France and dropped 151 x 1000 SAP Bombs from 13,000 feet. 28 x 1000 GP bombs were returned and salvoed due to mechanical failure of lead ship in one flight. Excellent coverage of warships, battleship listing with three separate fires, and direct hits on forward deck and turret. Destroyer and submarine sunk and cruiser listing to starboard, decks awash. 100% bombing accuracy 448. Heavy, intense, accurate flak of barrage and tracking type holed 27 planes and wounded 11 crew members: Lts: Furey, Joyce, Schlenk, Hickey, L.P. Greene, Sgts: Pineda, Slafkes, and Markiewicz 448th wounded. Weather: CAVU._ Slafkes, Milton M., Sgt, gunner_

A/C No. 43-27668 P_ Warren, William F., 2Lt_ CP_ Kuoni, Charles F., Jr., 2Lt_ N_ None_ B_ Judy, Philip R., 2Lt_ E_ Ernst, David L., S/Sgt_ R_ Schaffner, Clarence Donovan, T/Sgt_ G_ Slafkes, Milton M., S/Sgt_

43-27668 J (no name or art yet)

N-83 (Tail Number)

Milt was a DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS WORKER… from his proud son Barry Slafkes.

Barbi Ennis Connolly PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com - additions? corrections?

321st Bomb Group Histories have been made available through the dedicated efforts of the 321st BG History Team; John Fitzgerald (446th BS Jack Fitzgerald) Barbara Ennis Connolly, Historian (447th BS Edward C Ennis) and Patti Johnson (446th BS James Raymond Orechia/KIA)

John Fitzgerald does magic with computer skills and types like the wind… Barbi Ennis Connolly, 321st BG Historian speaks with the Vets and families and gathers the photo’s and info… Patti Johnson is our “needle in the haystack gal”… genealogy, ancestry and etc.