Diary of a World War I Ace

Air combat, prison camp, and the will to fly again.

“The Lousy Bums of Hierson” displays Miller’s typical wit: “Tibbets on the right has been thru a lot. He is a typical little dried up Yankee. He has been decorated by the British for work during the Spring Somme Show 1918,” while “Mitten...can make even a German private see a joke.” (Dane Penland, from the Zenos Miller Diary)

By Rebecca Maksel

Air & Space Magazine
September 2014

"One of our ablest fliers"

When Miller failed to return after an escort mission, the squadron logbook described him as “one of our ablest fliers, an ideal Flight Commander and a peer amongst men who admired him for his many good qualities. He had proved his worth as a patrol leader.”

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