The musician and big bandleader inspired the World War II generation
If you venture to the former RAF airfield at King's Cliffe in Northampton shire, you won't be surprised to see a memorial to fallen British, Commonwealth, Belgian and American soldiers who flew from this fighter base during World War II.
Today, a pyramid-shaped stone stands on one of the former aircraft hangars at RAF King's Cliffe which is not far from Corby.Little is left of the airfield now, which was used by the RAF and the US Air Force during the Second World War, apart from the concrete runways and a few buildings including the former cinema, the chapel and some pillboxes.
At the time of his disappearance, Miller was flying from Bedford to Paris to make arrangements to move his entire band there so he could perform to the troops in Europe. Unusually, Miller's disappearance was not made public until December 24, 1944, when the Associated Press announced Miller would not be conducting the scheduled BBC broadcast AEF Christmas Show.
But the most likely scenario is the aircraft came down because of bad weather, forcing the plane to ditch in the cold water of the Channel.
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