William Miller (RAF officer)

Squadron Leader William Miller, DFC (12 May 1892 – 12 April 1962) was a British flying ace of the First World War, who was credited with six aerial victories.

Miller was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 12 May 1892, and graduated from Durham University before joining the British Army at the start of the First World War.

He gained his first aerial victories while flying with Captain David A. Stewart, accounting for two Fokker D.VII on 30 May 1918.

On the outbreak of the Second World War, Miller returned to military service, being commissioned as a flight lieutenant in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1 September 1939.

[13] After serving in Britain, Egypt and South Africa, Miller eventually resigned his commission on 3 June 1946, retaining the rank of squadron leader.