David I Miller

Military

Collided with another a/c and crashed near Irthlingborough, Northhamptonshire during form up for a mission to Ascherleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-38041 'Hells Angels II'. RTD. B-17G #42-32037 returned to base without the tail gunner after the tail gunners compartment was shot off by flak on a mission to Hamm, GR on 23 Mar 1944. RTD.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-32037

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

42-38041

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Angels II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

RTD

23 March 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorbombercommand
Changes
Sources

Accident Report 44-02-22-511

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 3545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 85., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces