Richard W Miller

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) from mid-air collision. The weather was bad on return to England from Kassel and at about 2100 feet the 368th plane of 2nd Lt. Charles A. Crooks collided with the 423rd plane of 2nd Lt lorn A. Wilke. Both planes crashed at Greenham Common, killing all but two of the men.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37633

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY, USA 20 August 1925

Other

Killed in Action

15 December 1944

Buried

Ogden Center, Ogden, NY 14559, USA

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http://london.usembassy.gov/gb195.html

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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p.206, Combat Crews pg. 130, First Over Germany pg. 295, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia