Miller, John
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John |
Surname | Miller |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Peter and Mary Miller. Husband of Lorna Miller, of Totteridge, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | ML975 |
Markings | 8K-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 21. D. 11. |
Epitaph | GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 212 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 133956 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-06-1944 |
End Date | 16-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen. 31 Mosquitoes, 1 Lost |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed SE of Borken, Germany causing a fire to start leading to the explosion of the bomb load |