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Military service
Service number:
J/94348
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Death:
February 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 280.
Additional information
Son of John William and Bessie Winifred Miller, of Weston, Ontario. Husband of Joan Miller.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller
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Photo of Kenneth A. Miller
Jan 9 1922 - 15 Feb 1945<br> Aircraft disappeared without a trace while on a minelaying mission in the Gulf of Pomerania (Code name Willows). The aircraft was a Lancaster Mk.I PB899 QB-A from 424 Tiger Sqdn RCAF. It tookoff at 17:52 hrs from Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire. -
Crash Report
Crash report from Bomber Command Search, a Dutch group(Ger & Christel Boogmans) on Ken Millers aircraft. -
Report Card
Ken Miller's highschool registration card, filled in when he started at Lawrence Park Collegiate Sept 1936. That was the first day for the new school. Ken was one of many of the boys who were in that class who were killed overseas. -
Letter
Letter from the Casualty Officer describing the mission on which Miller was killed. -
Document
This is a copy of the actual message from Miller's unit to HQ notifying them of the disappearance of his aircraft and crew. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
This letter is a reply to one Miller's mother wrote to the RCAF asking for details of the raid he was lost on. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Photo 1 of Kenneth Alexander Miller
Miller's photo taken on his entry into the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Photo 2 of Kenneth Alexander Miller
Miller's photo taken on his comnpletion of his observer course. He is now a sergeant, 26 November 1943. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
This letter details the aircraft involved in the raid. The body of one pilot washed up on the Swedish shoreline. Mrs. Miller wanted to know if her son could have crashed nearby. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Document
Miller's Service Record page 1 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Document
Miller's Service Record page 2 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
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Miller's Service Record page 3 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Document
Miller's Service Record page 4 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail March 24, 1945 -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 545 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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