Charles F Miller
MilitaryHe arrived to Thurleigh on 04 May 1943. Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #425055. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16.
He later helped other WW11 veterans through the American Ex-Prisoners of War, was National Commander 1982/3 and later liaison between the Association and VA.
POW, AM
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
27 June 2000 | ||
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Born |
New Jersey |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, MACR 16058 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 121 by Bishop and Hey, NARA POW database, First Over Germany pg. 116, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia