Earl F Miller

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June - 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



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James J O'Hara

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32396884
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Robert R Roeder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13111991
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Richard W Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17071474
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert L Weniger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672523
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner; Co-Pilot

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25 September 2011

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Prisoner of War (POW)

8 October 1943 Stalag Luft XVIIB

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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