Worcester, Massachusetts – October 3, 1943
P-47 Thunderbolt – U.S. Air Force Photo
On October 3, 1943, 2nd Lt. Edward Miller of Rock Springs, Texas, was piloting a P-47B fighter aircraft, (Ser. No. 41-5982), over the Worcester area when he was forced to bail out of his aircraft. The airplane crashed in a wooded area and Lt. Miller was slightly injured upon landing. He was taken to a hospital by a passing motorist.
Lt. Miller was assigned to the 322nd Fighter Squadron at Westover Field in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Source:
The Waterbury Democrat, “British Flyers Killed In N. E. “, October 4, 1943, page 9. (The article included three separate accidents, Lt. Miller’s being one of them.)
