Emil John Miller

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Emil Miller was Waist gunner on board of B-17 #42-29744 ''Battling Bee", shot down 15 May 1943 & piloted by 1Lt. Frank B. Clemons. Plane crash-landed in shallow water between Neuwerk Island and Cuxhaven, Germany. Emil had completed a total of 23 missions. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 07002327
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000085
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17042780 at enlistment, then O-729813
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16037798
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39095792
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battling Bee
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan 29 May 1920

Enlisted

21 February 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

15 May 1943 in the loss of B-17 ≠42-29744 near Cuxhaven, Germany

Buried

19 May 1943 Cuxhaven military cemetery

Born

Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Buried

after the war his remains were brought to an American Temporary cemetery in Belgium

Buried

his remains were brought to the US, where Emil Miller rests at the Monongahela cemetery in Monongahela, Pennsylvania

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Capitalized "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment record
VA Graves Registrations – Washington County, Pennsylvania

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WWII Draft card

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MACR 15512

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MACR15512

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany by Russell Strong, pp. 115-6, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database