Emil John Miller
Military ROLL OF HONOUREmil Miller was Waist gunner on board of B-17 #42-29744 ''Battling Bee", shot down 15 May 1943 & piloted by 1Lt. Frank B. Clemons. Plane crash-landed in shallow water between Neuwerk Island and Cuxhaven, Germany. Emil had completed a total of 23 missions. Killed In Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 07002327
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000085
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17042780 at enlistment, then O-729813
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16037798
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39095792
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battling Bee
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan | 29 May 1920 | |
Enlisted |
21 February 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
15 May 1943 | in the loss of B-17 ≠42-29744 near Cuxhaven, Germany | |
Buried/ Commemorated |
19 May 1943 | Cuxhaven military cemetery | |
Born |
Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
after the war his remains were brought to an American Temporary cemetery in Belgium | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
his remains were brought to the US, where Emil Miller rests at the Monongahela cemetery in Monongahela, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment record
VA Graves Registrations – Washington County, Pennsylvania
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany by Russell Strong, pp. 115-6, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database