Floyd Oliver Miller

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Bailed out of B-17 42-5086 'Wahoo II' over England on return from mission to Munster railroad yards on 10 October 1943.

 

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x combat missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305. 

Awards: PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Frederick Harvey Windham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804442
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102647

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: BTO in the ETO
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 306th Bomb Group fly in formation over another B-17 (WW-J, serial number 42-5086) during a medal ceremony for Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith. Passed for publication 16 Jul 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Highest American Award For U.S. Air Gunner. 15.7.43. Col. Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War to-day presented the Congressional Medal of Honour - America's highest award - equivalent to Britain's V.C. to Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith, for his bravery during a raid on St.

42-5086

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wahoo II
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

15 July 1903 Son of Charles A and Mary Evelyn Miller.

Enlisted

7 November 1942 Camp Shelby Mississippi

Died

28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102647 'BTO In the ETO'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5305.

Buried

29 May 1944 Interred Niemeck community cemetery

Buried

Re-Interred Alexandria National Cemetery Pineville Rapides Parish Louisiana

Based

28 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310762601?terms=Floyd%20O%20Miller
https://www.fold3.com/image/28633435
https://www.fold3.com/record/84065698-floyd-o-miller
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2281
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32475199

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5305,

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