WW II VETERAN
KILLED IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY

Beloved Son of Auguste (nee Gruening)
Miller Nash, and Andrew Miller.

Beloved Fiance of Miss Eleanor
Reckfiedler.

Graduate of West Technical High
School.

Entered the U.S. Army Air Corps
on 08 January 1943.

A member of the 420th Base Unit;
and stationed at March Field,
California, Lt. Arthur A. Miller
was Killed in the crash of B-24J;
serial #: 42-73184; 2 miles
southeast of Riverside, California,
along with his 7 fellow crew members.

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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
Sunday, 06 May 1945
Page 7

SECOND LIEUT. ARTHUR A. MILLER,
21, son of Mrs. Augusta Nash, 2700
Montclair Avenue, S.W., and of Andrew
Miller, 11423 St. James Avenue, S.W.,
Killed Friday, (04 May 1945), in a
crash near March Field, California.

ONE OF EIGHT DEAD
Lieut. Miller was one of eight fliers
killed when a four-motored bomber crashed
on a routine combat training flight from
March Field. The plane was wrecked eight
miles from its base.

Miller was a graduate of West Technical
High School and was employed by the
Arthur G. McKee Co. He was commissioned
a Second Lieutenant and awarded his
Navigator's Wings in January at San
Antonio, Tex.

In addition to his parents, the flier
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ella
Bodnar. He was engaged to Miss
Eleanor Reckfiedler, 5309 Bridge
Avenue, N.W., whom he intended to
Marry next month.
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Riverside Daily Press
Riverside, California
Saturday, 05 May 1945
Page 3

EIGHT DIE IN BOMBER CRASH
NEAR RIVERSIDE

All eight crew members died in the
flaming wreckage of a B-24 four-motored
bomber that crashed at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the hilly
brushland about a mile east of the
foot of the Elsinore Road grade.

The plane stationed at March Field,
was on a combat training flight when
it fell, eight miles northwest of
its base, according to field authorities.

Killed in the crash were the following:

First Lt. Robert H. Tieck, 27, pilot,
of Oroville, (California), whose wife,
Mrs. Stella Mae Tieck, has been residing
at 4455 Fifth Street, in this city.
(Riverside, CA)

Second Lt. Robert T. Martine, 25, co-pilot,
5280 Gertrude Street, Pittsburgh, PA; wife,
Mrs. Jane L. Martine.

Second Lt. Arthur A. Miller, 21, navigator,
2700 Montclair, Cleveland, O.; mother,
Mrs. Augusta Nash.

Second Lt. Charles L. Yost, 29, bombardier,
4766 Fischer, Detroit Michigan; whose wife,
Mrs. Evelyn C. Yost, has been residing at
3222 Pine Street in this city.
(Riverside, CA)

Cpl. Vernon B. Behrman, 21, engineer, 4564
Red Bud Avenue, St. Louis, MO; mother, Mrs.
Matilda O. Behrman.

Cpl. Raymond E. Bengston, 20, assistant
engineer, 224 West Congress Street, St.
Paul, Minn.; mother, Mrs. Mildred Bengston.

Cpl. Robert E. Arnold, 21, Radio Operator,
318 Francis Street, Bakersfield, Ca.;
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Arnold.

Cpl. Leroy M. Apple, 19, Gunner, 1443
Covington Street, Baltimore, Md.; mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Apple.

The crash and resultant tower of smoke
and flame drew the attention of many
motorists and residents of nearby areas.

Fire fighting equipment from March Field,
headquarters of the state forestry service
at Perris, and Riverside city went to the
crash scene. Dry brush was set afire, the
flames sweeping over an estimated 65 acres
before they were brought under control.

Officers of the sheriff's department and
the California Highway Patrol assisted
military authorities in preventing the
gathering of a crowd.

A board of army officers has been named
to investigate the crash, March Field
authorities report.
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Riverside Daily Press
Riverside, California
Monday, 07 May 1945
Page 30

VITAL STATISTICS
DEATH NOTICES

APPLE--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Cpl. Leroy Melvin Apple, aged 18 years.
Beloved son of Mrs. Myrtle C. Apple, of
Baltimore, Maryland. The remains will
be forwarded by the E.H. Preston Funeral
Home to Baltimore, Maryland, for services
and interment.

BENGSTON--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Cpl. Raymond Earl Bengston, aged 19 years.
Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Earl
Bengston, of St. Paul, Minnesota. The
remains will be forwarded by the E.H.
Preston Funeral Home to St. Paul,
Minnesota for services and interment.

BEHRMAN--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Cpl. Vernon Bernard Behrman, aged 20 years.
Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. George J.
Behrman of St. Louis, Missouri. The
remains will be forwarded by the E.H.
Preston Funeral Home to St. Louis,
Missouri for services and interment.

ARNOLD--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Cpl. Robert Edward Arnold, aged 21 years.
Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E.
Arnold of Bakersfield, California. The
remains will be forwarded by the E.H.
Preston Funeral Home to Bakersfield,
California for services and interment.

MARTINE--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Lt. Robert Paul Martine, aged 24 years.
Late resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Beloved husband of Mrs. Jane L. Martine,
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.; Loved son
of Mrs. Flora Myrtle Bolton, of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The remains will be forwarded
by the E.H. Preston Funeral Home to Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, for services and interment.

TIECK--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Lt. Robert Harry Tieck, aged 27 years.
Late resident of Oroville, California.
Beloved husband of Mrs. Stella Mae Tieck
of Oroville, California. Loved son of
Mr. and Mrs. Max C. Tieck of Oroville,
California. The remains will be forwarded
by the E.H. Preston Funeral Home to
Oroville, California for services and
interment.

YOST--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Lt. Charles Leonard Yost, aged 28 years.
Beloved husband of Mrs. Evelyn C. Yost
of Detroit, Michigan. Loved son of Mrs.
Edna Yost of California, Missouri. The
remains will be forwarded by the E.H.
Preston Funeral Home to California,
Missouri, for services and interment.

MILLER--In Riverside, Calif., May 4, 1945,
Lt. Arthur Andrew Miller, aged 21 years.
Beloved son of Mrs. Auguste Gruening
Miller of Cleveland, Ohio. The remains
will be forwarded by the E.H. Preston
Funeral Home to Cleveland, Ohio for
services and interment.
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Name: Miller, Lieut. Arthur A.
Date: May 11 1945
Source: Source unknown;
Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #057.
Notes: Miller: Lieut. Arthur A., son of
Auguste Nash and Andrew Miller; brother
of Ella Bodnar.

At March Field, Cal.; residence, 2700
Montclair Ave.
Services at Trinity Lutheran Church,
W. 30th St. near Lorain Ave.,
Friday, May 11, at 2:30 p. m.

For information call Erving Dress
Funeral Home, BO 5700.