Frank C Miller

Military
A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by Lieutenant Durward Fesmire, talk on their return to base after their first mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Printed caption on reverse: '55635 AC- Lt Durward Fesmire of the 401st Bomb Group talks it over with his Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" buddies after returning from their first bombing mission to Germany on 26 November 1943. Pictures from left to right are Lt WE Anderson, Captain [illegible], Le Fesmire, Sgt John Jack and Lt Frank C Miller. England. media-380521.jpg FRE 1713 A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by Lieutenant Durward Fesmire, talk on their return to base after their first mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Printed caption on reverse: '55635 AC- Lt Durward Fesmire of the 401st Bomb Group talks it over with his Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" buddies after returning from their first bombing mission to Germany on 26 November 1943. Pictures from left to right are Lt WE Anderson, Captain [illegible], Le Fesmire, Sgt John Jack and Lt Frank C Miller. England. US Air Force Photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1713 - A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by Lieutenant Durward Fesmire, talk on their return to base after their first mission in their B-17 Flying...

Shot down by fighters near IP on mission to Oscherleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-39969. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

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

Aircraft

42-39969

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roswell, New Mexico, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 January 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2508 / MACR 2508, 8th AF Losses, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=715 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Frank C Miller: Gallery (2 items)

A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by Lieutenant Durward Fesmire, talk on their return to base after their first mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress. Printed caption on reverse: '55635 AC- Lt Durward Fesmire of the 401st Bomb Group talks it over with his Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" buddies after returning from their first bombing mission to Germany on 26 November 1943. Pictures from left to right are Lt WE Anderson, Captain [illegible], Le Fesmire, Sgt John Jack and Lt Frank C Miller. England.

Object number: FRE 1713 - A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group, led by...