Harvey A Miller

Military
media-32548.jpeg UPL 32548 Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harvey A Miller, Waist Gunner, 486th Bomb Group Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 26 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 32548 - Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harvey A Miller, Waist Gunner, 486th Bomb Group

Member of Ashley crew. Drafted in February 1943 he trained as a gunner/mechanic and was assigned to a crew in March 1944. They picked up a B-24 and flew to England via the southern route. He flew on 30 combat missions, their plane never being seriously damaged and no crew member badly injured. He returned to the USA aboard the 'Queen Mary' and served out his time as an instructor at Keesler Field Mississippi.



DFC; Air Medal 3 clusters.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gilbert Lamour Ashley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52483

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Twentieth Century Wolf
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

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Born

Clarksville, IA 50619, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the A/C #42-52483 listed on the 486th BG website.

https://www.486th.org/BS835/Ashley.htm

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ContributorHelen
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Iowans of the Mighty Eighth

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 26 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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http://www.486th.org/#

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

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