Name | Miller, John C, Jr |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-714738 |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #116 dated 15 November 1944, effective 15 November 1944. |
Duty | Co-pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 19 April 1945 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Warner, Henry L⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Miller, John C, Jr | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Sundeen, William Erhard⇗ | Navigator | TR |
1st Lt. Mathis, Charles Eugene⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
SGT. Dean, Donald Lloyd⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
SGT. Seidel, John Clarence⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
CPL. Poulsen, Leonard Irvin⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
CPL. Portwood, Ray S⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
CPL. Taliaferro, Philip Andrew⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
232⇗ | 29 November 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38750⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
234⇗ | 2 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
235⇗ | 4 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
236⇗ | 6 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑39888⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; #1 feathered and #2 prop ran away. Sortie Report⇗ |
240⇗ | 18 December 1944 |
Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑31484⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗ |
242⇗ | 23 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Eye due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
243⇗ | 24 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Took off from Eye Airfield, AAF Station 134 (was unable to return to GU after prior day's mission due to weather), and flew the mission with the 490th BG, attacking their assigned primary target. Sortie Report⇗ |
245⇗ | 28 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑98000⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
248⇗ | 1 January 1945 |
Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37822⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
249⇗ | 2 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gerolstein, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑37703⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
250⇗ | 3 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium |
Co-pilot | 42‑102620⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Aborted due to supercharger failure. Sortie Report⇗ |
251⇗ | 5 January 1945 |
Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
252⇗ | 7 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38927⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
254⇗ | 10 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102661⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
256⇗ | 17 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38062⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
257⇗ | 20 January 1945 |
Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102620⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Landed away at Bassingbourn Airfield, AAF Station 121. Sortie Report⇗ |
260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38766⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at North Pickenham Airfield, AAF Station 143. Sortie Report⇗ |
267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑102459⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at Seething Airfield, AAF Station 146. Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 44‑6590⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back due to personnel failure; landed away at Thurleigh soon after takeoff. Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
281⇗ | 4 March 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Gatwick, Kent, on return with #1 engine out; did not return to base. Sortie Report⇗ |
286⇗ | 11 March 1945 |
Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39203⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
287⇗ | 12 March 1945 |
Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
289⇗ | 15 March 1945 |
Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38974⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑38801⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41D Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
293⇗ | 20 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6892⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
294⇗ | 22 March 1945 |
Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
295⇗ | 23 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
296⇗ | 24 March 1945 |
Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany |
Pilot | 43‑39236⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 44‑6514. Sortie Report⇗ |
298⇗ | 26 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97824⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
300⇗ | 30 March 1945 |
Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑6476⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
301⇗ | 31 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Pilot | 44‑8608⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |