Jack Burford Miller
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed into Channel in P-47 42-26353 5-Jul-44. Picked up by beach control and returned to base RTD. Fatal mid-air collision over Bottisham airfield in P-47 42-26458. Flew through the 361FG as they were entering the traffic pattern to land, collided with P-51B 42-106759 Died non Battle (KIMAC) 18-Aug-44.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tippecanoe County, IN | 22 July 1919 | Son of Otto E and Cora Frances [Pattee] Miller. |
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Enlisted |
Indianapolis, IN | 15 May 1943 | |
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Other Ditched RTD |
English Channel | 5 July 1944 | Crashed into Channel in P-47 42-26353 5-Jul-44. Picked up by beach control and returned to base RTD. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Vicinity RAF Bottisham, UK | 18 August 1944 | Fatal mid-air collision over Bottisham airfield in P-47 42-26458. Flew through the 361FG as they were entering the traffic pattern to land, collided with P-51B 42-106759 Died non Battle (KIMAC) 18-Aug-44. |
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Buried |
19 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Based |
Duxford | 18 August 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN | Re-Interred Spring Vale Cemetery Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN |
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Sources
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.32 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list