Mr. Miles served four years as a P-2 pilot before a full career as a commercial pilot for American Airlines. He is the son of the Asheville's executive officer, Lieutenant Lion Tyler Miles, USN.

Articles by Lion G. Miles

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South from Tjilatjap

By Lion G. Miles
April 2009
One of the oldest members of the Asiatic Fleet, the gunboat Asheville ran out of luck while trying to make an escape from Java to Australia in March 1942.