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Thunder Mug pilot Norman M "Bus "Miller

28750 (467th BG, 789th BS, "Thunder Mug") returned to USA Mar 21, 1945.

PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46579 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Last flight of the 'Thunder Mug', famed Consolidated Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, of Winston-Salem, N.C. Its hydraulic braking system was wrecked by Japanese flak in a raid on Paluwat, the plane ran over the landing strip upon return to its base, and nosed into the ocean. In the plane, Commander Miller had run up a score against the Japs which included 66 Jap ships sunk or damaged and made 55 low-level attacks on Jap bases.' 21 September 1944 Last flight of the 'Thunder Mug', famed Consolidated Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, of Winston Salem, North Carolina in September 1944 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories







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If this Liberator was a 614 squadron aircraft it could be KG955 which carried the code X during its life with 614/214.

614 operated both Halifax B.II and Liberator B.VIII between Aug 1944 & March 1945 when the former were given up completely.

A batch of 27 Liberator B.VIII (equipped with the H2X radar in place of the belly turret) were delivered to the Middle East between Aug and Oct 1944 intended to provide a pool of aircraft for use by 614 squadron. At the end of the day only 2 saw no service with 614/214 squadrons, being flown on to the Far East in Aug 1945. These aircraft were serials KG943-958 and KH227-237 and were the first B.VIII models to be delivered to the RAF (GR.VIII deliveries to Coastal Command were also beginning at that time). After these aircraft the next batch of B.VIII weren't made until May 1945,

614 was renumbered 214 on 27 July 1945.
 
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Thanks Ewen much appreciated, have you ever come across Sqd/Ldr Bird in your research with 614 Sqd? Typically, I think, the port main wheel is obscuring where the ball turret is or H2X.
 
Thanks Ewen much appreciated, have you ever come across Sqd/Ldr Bird in your research with 614 Sqd? Typically, I think, the port main wheel is obscuring where the ball turret is or H2X.
Sorry can't help. My interests lie in the aircraft rather than the crews.

Have you tried the squadron ORB available to download from The National Archives. Quality of content does vary from squadron to squadron however.
 

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