David Miller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back row, left to right : S/Sgt David Miller; S/Sgt Alfred R. Buinicky; S/Sgt Walter Gasser; S/Sgt James H. Comer Jr; S/Sgt Marion D. Ignaczewski; S/Sgt Frank Kimotek
Front row, left to right : Lt Ripley W. Joy; Lt William J. Monahan; Lt William P. Maher; Lt Walter Hargrove; Lt Martin L. Clark.
Connections with men and aircraft
Object Number - UPL 18992 - Photo of Lt Ripley W. Joy’s crew in front of “Jersey Bounce”, Serial #41-24539, Molesworth 27 July 1943. Back row, left to right : S/Sgt David...
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Amiens-Glisy, France in B-17 42-29635 'Augerhead' on 31-Aug-43; Flak hits slowed ship down then enemy aircraft struck. Crashed Northeast of Dieppe, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 470
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11039617 and O-797343
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39085856
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Vicinity Dieppe, France | 31 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Amiens-Glisy, France in B-17 42-29635 'Augerhead' on 31-Aug-43. Baled out, found dead with legs blown off. KIA MACR 470 |
| Brethitt County, KY | |||
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Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot C Row 23 Grave 44 | ||
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Buried |
Abbeville, France | Interred Abbeville cemetery | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 31 August 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 470