1LT US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Killed in Action 1945, Germany. Leon Ross Milner, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Corps Reserve. Born 1 March 1920, Provo, Utah to Mr. and Mrs. Amel S. Milner. Death: Killed in Action, 8 April 1945. Leon R. Milner graduated from Brigham Young High
School in 1938 and attended Brigham Young University for three years before serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Southern States. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 50 of the Manavu Ward. He married Barbara
Payne Milner and was the father of two sons, Robert Seaton and Stanley Leon Milner. Lt. Milner joined the Air Corps Reserve June 2, 1942, and entered training March 1, 1943. He went overseas January 1, 1945, where he earned the Air Medal with
several Oak Leaf Clusters and a Presidential Citation for his action in Germany. He was the lead pilot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress) which received a direct hit in the gas tank during a flight over Hof, Germany. The plane burst into flames and
exploded just a few seconds after Lt. Milner had assisted the last of his crew out the escape hatch. Four members of the group survived.
WORLD WAR II
Killed in Action 1945, Germany. Leon Ross Milner, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Corps Reserve. Born 1 March 1920, Provo, Utah to Mr. and Mrs. Amel S. Milner. Death: Killed in Action, 8 April 1945. Leon R. Milner graduated from Brigham Young High
School in 1938 and attended Brigham Young University for three years before serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Southern States. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 50 of the Manavu Ward. He married Barbara
Payne Milner and was the father of two sons, Robert Seaton and Stanley Leon Milner. Lt. Milner joined the Air Corps Reserve June 2, 1942, and entered training March 1, 1943. He went overseas January 1, 1945, where he earned the Air Medal with
several Oak Leaf Clusters and a Presidential Citation for his action in Germany. He was the lead pilot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress) which received a direct hit in the gas tank during a flight over Hof, Germany. The plane burst into flames and
exploded just a few seconds after Lt. Milner had assisted the last of his crew out the escape hatch. Four members of the group survived.
1LT US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Killed in Action 1945, Germany. Leon Ross Milner, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Corps Reserve. Born 1 March 1920, Provo, Utah to Mr. and Mrs. Amel S. Milner. Death: Killed in Action, 8 April 1945. Leon R. Milner graduated from Brigham Young High
School in 1938 and attended Brigham Young University for three years before serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Southern States. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 50 of the Manavu Ward. He married Barbara
Payne Milner and was the father of two sons, Robert Seaton and Stanley Leon Milner. Lt. Milner joined the Air Corps Reserve June 2, 1942, and entered training March 1, 1943. He went overseas January 1, 1945, where he earned the Air Medal with
several Oak Leaf Clusters and a Presidential Citation for his action in Germany. He was the lead pilot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress) which received a direct hit in the gas tank during a flight over Hof, Germany. The plane burst into flames and
exploded just a few seconds after Lt. Milner had assisted the last of his crew out the escape hatch. Four members of the group survived.
WORLD WAR II
Killed in Action 1945, Germany. Leon Ross Milner, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Corps Reserve. Born 1 March 1920, Provo, Utah to Mr. and Mrs. Amel S. Milner. Death: Killed in Action, 8 April 1945. Leon R. Milner graduated from Brigham Young High
School in 1938 and attended Brigham Young University for three years before serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Southern States. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 50 of the Manavu Ward. He married Barbara
Payne Milner and was the father of two sons, Robert Seaton and Stanley Leon Milner. Lt. Milner joined the Air Corps Reserve June 2, 1942, and entered training March 1, 1943. He went overseas January 1, 1945, where he earned the Air Medal with
several Oak Leaf Clusters and a Presidential Citation for his action in Germany. He was the lead pilot of a B-17 (Flying Fortress) which received a direct hit in the gas tank during a flight over Hof, Germany. The plane burst into flames and
exploded just a few seconds after Lt. Milner had assisted the last of his crew out the escape hatch. Four members of the group survived.
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