Sgt Miles Ransom Bruce Veteran

Birth: 5 Jul 1925
Essex Junction, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
Death: 12 Sep 1944 (aged 19)
At Sea
Burial: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot: Plot D Row 4 Grave 66
Memorial ID: 56288163 View Source

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Miles R. Bruce was born 5 July 1925 at Essex, Vermont. His parents are Seth Bruce and Florence Ranson Bruce.

Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy Service # 31340656

Entered the Service from Vermont

Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

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SGT 427 BOMB SQ 303 BOMB GP (H) VERMONT

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Seth Thomas Bruce

1897–1987
Florence Gladys Ransom Bruce

1899–1970

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JOHN C. GRIGGS, JR. CREW - 427th BS
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(Back L-R) 1Lt John C. Griggs, Jr. (P), 2Lt Merrill J. DuMont (CP), 2Lt William A. Malone (N), 2Lt William L. Rohner (B)

(Front L-R) Sgt Robert L. Duffel (BT), Sgt Miles R. Bruce (TG)(KIA),Sgt Joseph Scaglione (WG)(POW), S/Sgt Joseph F. Benning, Jr. (R),S/Sgt Alvin R. Monnig, Jr. (E, Sgt Henry H. Means, Jr. (WG)

Sgt Bruce was KIA when returning from a mission to Brux, Czechoslovakia in B-17G #42-97311 "Shoo Shoo Baby", (427th BS).

The war-torn skies over Europe were the scene of numerous acts of heroism, bravery, and courage. On a daily basis, men on both sides fought hard, wagering life and limb, in pursuit of the glory of their respective nations. In late 1942, the United States Army Air Forces had begun a campaign of daylight precision bombing raids over central Europe, determined to destroying the production and manufacturing infrastructure of the Third Reich.

In September of 1942, ground elements of the 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived and set up base at RAF Molesworth in England, with their aircraft, Boeing B-17F "Flying Fortress", arriving from the United States the following month.

Photo and info courtesy of 303rd Bomb Group Association - http://www.303rdbg.com

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