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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Lester
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
T-001678
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Bombardier
Unit
853rd Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 June 1944
Place of death
Boulogne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edna Miller (wife)

More information

I was flying with Lt Sharp on Aircraft F 44-40226 as left waist gunner. M 44-40243 was hit by flak just after we had passed the target. The plane appeared to blow up just before it hit land or water. I was at the left waist window and the plane was practically at a right angle when it exploded. The Number 1 engine was feathered and gas was streaming out between number 1 and number 2 engines.
Two men seemed to have come out of the plane, but I saw one chute open.

Warren H Rudolph

Source of information:: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, www.wwiimmemorial.com, NARA, Missing Aircrew Report 5633

Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-13, Victorville Army Air Field, California