Loring Corwin Miller
MilitaryLoring Miller was serving as a Right Waist Gunner on B-17 Serial 42-3455 on the 17 August 1943 mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. Wounded by a shell fragment that punctured his lung from a direct flak hit to the plane, he refused to leave his gun until the pilot ordered first aid administered to him. His gallantry won him the Silver Star. His Silver Star citation reads : "LORING CORWIN MILLER,39840477, Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces, United States Army. For gallantry in action, while serving as right waist gunner of a B-17 airplane on a bombing mission over Germany, 17 August 1943. Prior to reaching the target, Sergeant Miller was seriously wounded and knocked down when his aircraft sustained a direct flak hit. Though suffering severe pain, he courageously returned to his gun and assisted in fighting off determined attacks by enemy fighters. Refusing help, he remained at his gun until the pilot ordered the radio operator to administer first aid to him. The gallantry and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Miller on this occasion reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States. Home address: Stockton, California."
SS/ PH/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728536
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Thirteen
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
11 May 1913 | Merced County, California | |
Enlisted |
20 May 1942 | San Francisco, California | |
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California |
Revisions
Added names of crew aboard 42-3455 on the 17 August 1943 mission to Schweinfurt
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
"Heritage of Valor" by Colonel Budd J. Peaslee (J. B. Lippincott Cy, 1964 - page 183
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Whos Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 Heritage of Valor, p. 183, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…