Earl F Miller
MilitaryJune - October 1943. ETTG, Cormany crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft XVIIB. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for this mission.
Cold Spring, MN
POW
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734640
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736477
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32160787
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670110
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-401170
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
25 September 2011 | ||
Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 October 1943 | Stalag Luft XVIIB |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 381 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 885 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database