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MILLER, Lee Sanford Jr - Date of
birth
8 July 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Woodhull, Steuben County, New York -
Hometown
Steuben County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-809680 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
614th Bombardment Squadron,
401st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
11 April 1944 - Place of
death
Northwest of Hannover, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Lee S. Miller (father)
Bernice L. (Mead) Miller (mother)
Bernard Miller (brother)
Minnie E. Miller (sister)
Mead Miller (brother)
Nellie A. (Matrone) Miller (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39881 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Gloria J
Destination: Politz, Germany
MACR: 4017
More information
2nd Lt Miller enlisted in October 1942.The aircraft was hit by flak. They flew along, burning for about 30 seconds in formation. It went up steeply, then into a straight dive. The bomb bay seemed to be on fire. The aircraft then exploded.
Source of information: Joseph Bisscheroux, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle
Photo source: Joseph Bisscheroux, Peter Schouteten, Austin Tomkins Family Tree