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MILLER, Lester - Date of
birth
31 October 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Baltimore, Maryland -
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
T-001678 -
Rank
Flight Officer -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
853rd Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
5 June 1944 - Place of
death
Boulogne, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Albert Miller (father)
Jennie (Seidel) Miller (mother)
Esther Miller (sister)
Edna Miller (wife)
More information
His parents were both immigrants from Lithuania."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: www.wwiimmemorial.com, NARA, Missing Aircrew Report 5633, ancestry.com - Draft Cards for Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Draft Cards for Young Men / U.S. Federal Naturalization Records, FindaGrave.com, The Baltimore Sun - 26 February 1971
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-13, Victorville Army Air Field, California