Maurice W Miller Jr
Military
TOP ROW L-R: Maj. Fred W. Glover (CO), Capt. Leroy A Carpenter, Jr., Lt. Maurice W. Miller, Jr., F/O Donald P. Baugh, Lt. Robert O. Davis, Lt. William H. Ayer, Lt. Richard E. Moore, Lt. Douglas N. Groshong, Lt. John W. Izant, Lt. James F. Hileman, Lt. Van E. Chandler, Lt. Harry N. Hagan, Capt. Joseph H. Joiner and Lt. Donald J. Pierini.
SECOND ROW L-R: Lt. Harold H. Fredericks, Lt. Thomas A. McCord, Lt. Wilmer W. Collins, Lt. Benjamin L. Griffin, Lt. Woodrow W. Schaefer, Lt. Richard J. Corbett, Capt. Carl R. Alfred, Capt. William D. Riedel and Lt. Earl F. Hustwit.
THIRD ROW L-R: Maj. John D. McFarlane, Lt. Harold R. Crawford, Lt. Douglas P. Pederson, Lt. Paul M. Morgan, Lt. Beachem O. Brooker, Jr., Lt. Henry A. Kaul, Lt. Francis M. Grove, Lt. Franklin W. Young, Lt. Melvin N. Dickey, Lt. Robert J. Cavallo, Lt. Harry L. Davis and Lt. George E. Ridler.
BOTTOM ROW L-R: Lt. Melvin C. Franklin, Lt. John P. Murchake, Jr. and Lt. William H. Hastings.
Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
Object Number - UPL 14875 - 1 January 1945 - The pilots of the 336th Fighter Squadron pose for the camera. TOP ROW L-R: Maj. Fred W. Glover (CO), Capt. Leroy A Carpenter, Jr.,...
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. A/C P-51D 44-14527 struck by flak while strafing Praha-Kbely Airdrome in Czechoslovakia. 16-Apr-45. POW. MACR 14124.
Post War: Worked on Wall Street and for several Chicago area companies in finance.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Orleans, LA, USA | 24 June 1923 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 24 January 1945 - 16 April 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 April 1945 | Prisoner of War POW. |
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Other Shot down |
Prague 19, 197 00 Prague-Prague 19, Czech Republic | 16 April 1945 | A/C P-51D 44-14527 struck by flak while strafing Praha-Kbely Airdrome in Czechoslovakia. POW. MACR 14124. |
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Died |
Chicago, IL, USA | 16 March 2013 | |
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Buried |
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, IL | 19 March 2013 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois |
| Jackson Heights, New York, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 14124 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry. User https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/4351
MACR 14124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
