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MILLER, David Herman - Date of
birth
20 May 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-743626 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
6 March 1944 - Place of
death
Near Plantlünne-Lünne, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Sam Miller (father)
Rae (Zone) Miller (mother)
Martin Miller (brother)
Eva Miller (sister)
Arnold M. Miller (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-64460 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Shack Rabbit
Destination: Genshagen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Daimler-Benz Motor Works
MACR: 2972
More information
Lt David H. Miller graduated from John Adams High School and Western Reserve University. He was employed at the Telling - Belle Vernon Company.He joined the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Cleveland, Ohio on 13 January 1942.
The airplane was attacked by German fighters and blew up in mid-air. Only four crew members managed to bail out before the explosion and were taken prisoner. Six men were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Navigator Class Book 42-12, San Marcos AAF, Texas.