Miles Parmely
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #4238119. Crashed on Channel Islands
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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Carl Lloyd Liles Jr
Military
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Carl Lloyd Liles. Pilot, KIA
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The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
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The insignia of the 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.
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384th Bombardment Group KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
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MACR #8608, page 2
Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #42-38119. Crashed off Channel Islands Missing Air Crew Report #8609. Hit by Flak over Guernsey Island, #2 engine flames, Lost altitude, #2 engine fell, #3 prop feathered. Ditched with no explosion. No bodies recovered.
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/Purple Heart
Service
People
Units served with
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482nd Bomb Group
Group
The 482nd Bomb Group was a Pathfinder Group, which using radar-equipped aircraft to support bombing missions until March 1944. Aircraft from this Group went ahead of other Bombers and sent information back about the best routes to take and the extent... -
731st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
Headquarters
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Headquarters (452nd Bomb Group)
Headquarters
Aircraft
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42-38119
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; with Albert Jones crash landed base 2/2/44; Written off 4/2/44.
Missions
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602
3 September 1944
Associated Place
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Deopham Green
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two... -
Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Floyd County, TX, USA | 24 July 1920 |
| Assigned | Deopham Green, Norfolk, England | 21 December 1943 – 1 April 1944 |
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•Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Complement, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172 dated 21 December 1943. Transferred to the 6th Combat Crew Replacement Center on 1 April 1944. 9 combat missions with the 384th Bomb Group. |
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| Died | 3 September 1944 | |
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Assigned HQ Deopham Green, Norfolk. 452nd BG, 731 BS. Ditched off Channel Islands, MIA. MACR 8609. Crew KIA. |
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| France | ||
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Wall of Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 August 2018 18:26:12 | CallyBoatwright452ndBGA | Changes to biography, events, person associations and place associations |
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Cally Boatwright, 452nd BGA |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 July 2018 02:33:29 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations, mission associations and media associations |
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Information from duplicate files https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/21906 BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942 (Command and Staff) by Russell Strong https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2325 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:08 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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ABMC, MACR 8609 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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