MILLER, Alexander Stuart
Service Numbers: | V38125, 410130 |
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Enlisted: | 3 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 56 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Lang Lang, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1920 |
Home Town: | Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 9 November 1944, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong War Memorial, Shire of Korumburra Poowong Riding WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, V38125 | |
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8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410130 | |
25 Jul 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410130, No. 56 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Alexander Stuart Miller 410130 of 56 Squadron RAF was killed when Hawker Tempest "B" EJ718 was shot down by German flak near Venlo, Holland
Details from book “RAF Fighter Command Losses of WW2 Volume 3 1944 - 1945” by Norman Franks
56SQN was part of 122 Wing, 2TAF flying out of B.60 airstrip at Grimbergen in Belgium - it was the equal highest scoring Tempest unit with 59 confirmed victories along with 486 (NZ) SQN