Shepard Miller
CivilianB-24 A/C# 42-10155 'Heavenly Body'. Lost engine over target and fell out of formation. Lost another engine and ditched in channel. Water rough and AC cartwheeled upon hitting water. One of only two crewmen saved. Last operational losses for unit.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Heavenly Body
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History