Philip B Miller

Military
media-26298.jpeg UPL 26298 Crew of B-24 42-110029 of the 703rd Bomb Squadron of the 445th Bomb Group.
Standing: Harold Garman, ?, William Lafferty, ?
Kneeling: James Stuebgen is fourth from left.

The other airmen linked to this record were part of the crew but need identifying in this photograph.

Object Number - UPL 26298 - Crew of B-24 42-110029 of the 703rd Bomb Squadron of the 445th Bomb Group. Standing: Harold Garman, ?, William Lafferty, ? Kneeling: James Stuebgen...

Shot down 1 April 1944 in B-24 #42110029. Prisoner of War (POW). Bailed out but his parachute didn't open, landed in a plowed field and was captured in France. Was in Stalag Luft I for 16 months, in Barth, Ger.



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kalamazoo, Michigan 10 May 1916

Died

6 June 2001

Buried

Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3601/ Hazel K Brophy additional info

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