Miller, Fonda Coy

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Miller, Fonda Coy ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Sergeant
Serial Number	34609095 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #155 dated 2 August 1944, effective 2 August 1944. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 March 1945 - 12th Reinforcement Command, APO 551, effective 24 March 1945.
Duty	Flexible Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	748 - Army Airplane Mechanic / Gunner, Flight Engineer
Last Duty Date	24 March 1945
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 8 February 1924 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #158 dated 6 August 1944. Reclassified from MOS 748 to MOS 590 effective 26 February 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #46 dated 26 February 1945.
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Gabel, Raymond John⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Robilotta, Robert Frank⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Lovegren, Richard Leroy⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Bass, Sam (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	TR
S/SGT. Snow, James Kenneth⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. Airhart, L G⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Ciaccio, Raymond (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Kolinek, Henry Joseph, Jr⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Gwin, Reginald (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
CPL. Miller, Fonda Coy	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	43‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on return, for unknown reasons. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Ball Turret	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
186⇗	30 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Ball Turret	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37703⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Hot camera ship. Unable to drop bombs due to failure of bomb release mechanism. Returned bombs to base. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38062⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑37822⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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