David C Miller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116
Object Number - UPL 25933 - David C. Miller, 93rd Bomb Group
While serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-24D 41-23745 'Katy Bug' on 18-Nov-1942 the aircraft sustained engine failure on two engines and attempted an emergency landing at Little Stukeley but struck a tree and crashed. 3 other crew members were killed. The aircraft was salvaged on 27-Nov-1942.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Katy Bug
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Little Stukeley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 18 November 1942 | Killed when his aircraft sustained engine failure on two engines and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Little Stukeley and struck a tree. |
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Buried |
Originally buried at Brookwood cemetery but after the war his remains were repatriated to the United States and re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Lot 14, Grave 73. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014. Edited biography and made Place, AIrcraft and Mission associations, added KOM event all per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47
