Robert Edward Miller

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15063.jpeg UPL 15063 Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.

Object Number - UPL 15063 - Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Killed in Action (KIA) when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regensberg.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

26 February 1926

Enlisted

21 October 1943

Died

Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK 11 April 1945

Buried

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery PLOT Sec B Lot-201SW1/4 Sp-5

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Added a cemetery to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 127226227.

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).

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446th unit history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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