World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Wilber Britt Miller
Hometown
San Antonio, Texas
Honored By
Richard E. Miller, Jr.
Relationship
Nephew
CIVIL SERVICE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AT KELLY ARMY AIR FIELD AND A VETERAN OF BOTH THE U.S. ARMY AND NAVY. SELECTED TO HIRE AND LEAD THE CADRE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVILIANS WHO ESTABLISHED THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE'S MOTON FIELD, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. LATER RETURNED TO KELLY FIELD AND SERVED AS MORALE OFFICER FOR CIVILIAN 'NEGRO' PERSONNEL, HELPING TO FACILITATE THEIR HARMONIOUS INTEGRATION INTO THE GREATLY EXPANDED WARTIME WORK FORCE. POSTHUMOUSLY HONORED WITH A BUST AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, COMMEMORATING HIS LEADERSHIP AT TUSKEGEE AND THE BLACK CIVILIANS FROM TEXAS (49 MEN AND ONE WOMAN) WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ARMY AIR FORCE TRAINEES WHO BECAME THE FAMED 'TUSKEGEE AIRMEN'.