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 Miller's Crew

324th Squadron

Lt. A.P. Miller's Crew

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Back Row - Left to Right

Andrew G. Lucas, Engineer; S/Sgt. Daniel D. Moynihan, Radio Operator; John Nelson, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Lester R. Pearson, Ball Turret Gunner; Sgt. William S. Hurtley, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Glenn C. Knudson, Tail Gunner

Front Row - Left to Right

2nd Lt. Adolph P. "A.P." Miller, Jr., Pilot; 2nd Lt. Richard E. Prunty, Co-pilot; 2nd Lt. Thomas A. Bottomley, Navigator; Joe Nieaecks, Bombardier

Photo and info contributed by John Meurs and Paul Miller (son of Lt. A.P. Miller)


Miller's Crew Factoid - Lt. A.P. Miller's B-17 "Dear Becky" was shot down on 26 November 1944 on a mission to bomb a railroad viaduct near Altenbeken, Germany. Lt. Miller was a POW at Stalag Luft I for the remainder of the war. Lt. Bottomley was also a POW until the end of the war in May 1945.

Crash Site of "Dear Becky"

Lt. A.P. Miller's 91st BG Recollections in the Texarcana Gazette (2006)

 

 

 

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