Bernard W Millett
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942, in B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie', 303BG/359BS while serving as Ball Turret Gunner on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593. Participated in 4 Operations (1-Aborted) See Biogaphy events.
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Units served with
- 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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Zombie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 23 June 1942 | Assigned as the Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK. |
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Other Mission #1 SGT Bernard W. Millett, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2 SGT Bernard W. Millett, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3 SGT Bernard W. Millett, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dieppe, France | 20 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France. His remains were never recovered. |
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Other Mission #4 SGT Bernard W. Millett, w/B17-F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - KIA |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Thw aircraft sustained heavy damage for fighters and AA fire and crashed into the English Channel upon return. All cre lost. KIA. |
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015,. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, 303BG, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville C. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015,. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, 303BG, Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville C. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Edited Summary biography and made connections to all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record includes information from the following source: MACR 15708 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added crew description to biography and KIA event per MACR 15708; added Commemoration event and decorations per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC); made connection for Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55,
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