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Six months later on the 16th June, 1942 he was posted to No. 15 Operational Training Unit, Harwell, Berkshire, to crew-up and train on Wellington bomber aircraft.

On the night of the 16/17th September 1942, Sgt. Miller was the Wireless Operator Air Gunner of a Wellington bomber which took off on an operational raid the target being Essen in Germany, and failed to return to its base, all members of the crew being classified as missing. Later, information received from the International Red Cross quoting a German report, stated that Sergeant Miller had lost his life, and he was reclassified as missing believed killed. In due course, his death was officially presumed to have occurred on the 17th September 1942. A post war casualty search revealed that he was buried in the General Cemetery, Bergen-Aan-Zee, Holland.

5/15/388 A.S.2.
239 Hours as Wireless Operator Air Gunner.

Mrs. P.A. Miller (M) (right aligned)
141 St. Helier's Bay Rd, (right aligned)
AUCKLAND. E.1. (right aligned & city underlined)