Richard Charles Miller
Military
Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees, 2Lt Robert E Galbraith Jr, 1Lt Donald De Camp, 2Lt Warren Spencer Wiggins.
Front L-R: Sgt Robert E King, S/Sgt Richard J Tracy, S/Sgt William Thomas "Dub" Hitt, Sgt Richard Charles "Dick" Miller, Sgt Robert W Hoffman, Sgt Jerry C. McLawhorn.
Object Number - UPL 38124 - "Crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside their Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sky Wolf'. England, 7 January 1944." Rear L-R: Lt Col Burton K Voorhees,...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt mission, 24-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31562. Baled out near Koblenz Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2762
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17042935 / O-734677
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nappanee, IN | 27 January 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 16 May 1942 | Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana |
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Other Baled out POW |
Koblenz, Germany | 24 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt mission, 24-Feb-44 in B-17G 42-31562. Baled out near Koblenz Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2762 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 24 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Sarasota, FL | 15 March 2016 | |
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Buried |
Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, FL | 18 March 2016 | Sarasota National Cemetery Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL Section 3, Site 1603 |
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Based |
Molesworth | 24 February 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Bremen, IN |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2762 / MACR 2762, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
