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TSGT Ray Albert Miller

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TSGT Ray Albert Miller Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Jan 1957 (aged 27)
Burial
Henrico County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 19A, site 6996.
Memorial ID
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At 12:05 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 1957 a B-52 intercontinential bomber from the 70th Bomb Squardron at the Strategic US Air Force Base in Loring, Maine exploded and crashed near Morrill Siding, five miles north of Perth-Andover. The bomber was returning from a routine instrument training mission and was undergoing an excercise designed to test the pilots reflexes. On this occasion something went drastically wrong. The stress placed on the airplane caused it to break apart and explode, killing all on the plane except the Co-pilot.

The crew killed in this crash are:
Maj Richard Jenkins # 98787485
Capt William C Davidson # 52120646
Maj Marquid H.D. Meyers # 3613669
Lt Charles S Cole # 29055832
Lt Andres Larson # 49244589
Lt Walter A Thomas # 84364046
St Ray Miller # 3068396
At 12:05 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 1957 a B-52 intercontinential bomber from the 70th Bomb Squardron at the Strategic US Air Force Base in Loring, Maine exploded and crashed near Morrill Siding, five miles north of Perth-Andover. The bomber was returning from a routine instrument training mission and was undergoing an excercise designed to test the pilots reflexes. On this occasion something went drastically wrong. The stress placed on the airplane caused it to break apart and explode, killing all on the plane except the Co-pilot.

The crew killed in this crash are:
Maj Richard Jenkins # 98787485
Capt William C Davidson # 52120646
Maj Marquid H.D. Meyers # 3613669
Lt Charles S Cole # 29055832
Lt Andres Larson # 49244589
Lt Walter A Thomas # 84364046
St Ray Miller # 3068396

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