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MILLER, Daniel J - Date of
birth
3 January 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York -
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32829895 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
568th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
13 April 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, 11 miles northwest of the port entrance of Ostende, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Henry G. Miller (father)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39819 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Anoxia Queen
Destination: Augsburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt Aviation Industry
MACR: 3947
More information
Sgt Daniel J. Miller worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York, on 25 January 1943.At about 1649 hours near Brussels, the plane was hit by flak on the return and fell out of formation and was last seen leaving enemy coast near Ostende at about 10,000 feet. No parachutes were reported.
The entire crew of 10 was killed.
The body of Theodore R. Lipchitz washed ashore at Oost-Duinkerke, Belgium and was initially buried at the cemetery of this village. He is now buried in New Haven, Connecticut. The body of Wilmer R. Goldinger washed ashore at an unknown location and was initially buried at the Temporary U.S. Military Cemetery of St. André as Unknown X-809. After identification, he was given his final resting place at Normandy Cemetery. Robert Gibbs was interred at the English Memorial Cemetery at Coxyde, Belgium, and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery as Unknown X-5581, where he was permanently interred after identification. The remains of the rest of the crew were never recovered.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Kathleen O'Brien