John Henry Miller
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16136
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095255 / O-732765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O732680
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aurora, IL | 20 March 1919 | Son of John Herbert and Lillian Helen [Wharton] Miller. |
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 10 November 1941 | Chicago, Illinois |
Died |
Schortens, West of Wilhelmshaven | 21 May 1943 | Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16136 |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 10 May 1950 | Originally buried in Wittmund Cemetery in Wittmund, Germany. After the war, the bodies of the six could not be individually identified and on May 10, 1950, they received a group burial in Plot 84-0-97-99 in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Saint Louis, Missouri. |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bassingbourn | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16136 / MACR 16136, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database