Joseph Frederick Miller
MilitaryAssigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6439
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Emperor Jones
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tennessee | 18 January 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Camp Forrest, TN | 12 December 1942 | Camp Forrest, Tennessee |
Other Baled out POW |
Vicinty of Budapest, Hungary | 2 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. POW MACR 6439 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 2 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Erwin, TN | 11 July 1992 | |
Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Erwin, Unicoi County, TN | 14 July 1992 | Evergreen Cemetery Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee |
Based |
Stornara | 2 July 1944 | Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. |
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