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Ralph L Miller

Military

Flew missions over Germany and France from June 18, 1944 to September 13, 1944

Service

People

  • Ray Ashba

    Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 453rd Bomb Group

  • Darrell Boucher

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group

  • Wallace Habenicht

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 453rd Bomb Group

  • Arthur Hamilton

    Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 453rd Bomb Group

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Units served with

  • 453rd Bomb Group

    453rd Bomb Group

    Group
    As well as strategic bombardment missions, the 453rd Bomb Group also ferried cargo on two occasions. They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne...

  • 735th Bomb Squadron

    735th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • Old Buckenham

    Military site : airfield
    Allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a bomber base in 1942, Old Buckenham was built during 1942-43 with three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. The station was the exclusive home for the 453rd Bomb Group, equipped...

Events

Event Location Date
Based Cluntoe 26 May 1944

Assigned with Crew to the 2nd CCT&RS for theatre combat crew training prior to being assigned to the 453rd BG
Based Old Buckenham 18 June 1944 – 13 September 1944

453 BG
735 BS
Nationality
American
Nickname
Moose
Service numbers
0-698896
Highest rank
Second Lieutenant
Role/job
Bombardier
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
03 November 2019 02:04:36 466thHistorian Changes to service number, highest rank, events and media associations
Sources

SO #142, HQ AAF Station 238, 36 May 1944
Date Contributor Update
26 November 2018 10:02:27 Emily Changes to events
Sources

Information provided by George White, Grandson. NB an earlier source message mistakenly referred to George as Nephew
Date Contributor Update
26 November 2018 09:59:50 Emily Changes to nickname
Sources

Information provided by George White, Nephew
Date Contributor Update
23 November 2018 14:19:32 Emily Changes to biography, person associations and place associations
Sources

Information provided by George White, Grandson of Ralph L Miller
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:21:51 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

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