Dale Leslie Miller

Military
media-26808.jpeg UPL 26808 Dale Miller, pilot with the 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action on 29 April 1944. Buried in Cambridge American Cemetery.

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Object Number - UPL 26808 - Dale Miller, pilot with the 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action on 29 April 1944. Buried in Cambridge American Cemetery.

Dale Miller served as a pilot with the 562nd Bomb Squadron of the 388th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Knettishall, England. On 29 April 1944, he was Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft was hit by heavy flak. His radio operator Reuel Boring was also killed. The aircraft was able to make it back to base.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Reuel's revenge after being shot down in Germany.

Reuel Clair Boring

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33570889
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

Reuel's revenge after being shot down in Germany.

42-97219

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sargent, ND 19 January 1917 Son of Leslie Isaac and Edith Miller.

Enlisted

Fargo, ND 1 April 1941 Fargo, North Dakota

Died

29 April 1944

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot F Row 4 Grave 113

Other

Entered service from

North Dakota, USA Exact date not yet known
Gwinner, ND, USA

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Correspondence with Rick Setterholm.

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ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 649 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Dale Leslie Miller: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26808 - Dale Miller, pilot with the 388th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 50388 - 2nd Lt Dale Leslie Miller, 388BG