Lt. Miller was the Navigator on the American B-17 bomber the "lonesome polecat." According to the after-action report the lonesome polecat was separated from the larger formation and shot by German fighters, the plane exploded in air and crashed into the North Sea.
" (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Island, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
Lt. Miller was in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 412nd Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
" (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Island, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
Lt. Miller was in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 412nd Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
Lt. Miller was the Navigator on the American B-17 bomber the "lonesome polecat." According to the after-action report the lonesome polecat was separated from the larger formation and shot by German fighters, the plane exploded in air and crashed into the North Sea.
" (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Island, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
Lt. Miller was in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 412nd Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
" (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Island, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
Lt. Miller was in the U.S. Army Air Forces, 412nd Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy.
Crew:
Malcolm MacKinnon, Co-pilot
Gene Wood, Navigator
Richard "Dick" Miller, Bombardier
Windell Neely, Flight engineer/top turret gunner
George Babich, Radio Operator
John Vail, Ball turret gunner
Richard "Dick" Cavanaugh, Waist gunner
John Davoren, Waist gunner
Alexander Marek, Tail gunner
Stanley Bennett, Tail gunner
(10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked, ship exploded, crashed North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2807. LONESOME POLECAT.
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