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Brigadier General Claude Putnam. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was group Operations Officer from 18 January 1943 to 17 February 1943; Group Commander 17 February 1943 to 20 Jun 1943. He was transferred to 1st CBW on 20 June 1943. CO of th
Died 6 May 1965
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Glenn Hassler. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 June 1965
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Major General Howard Turner. Commanding General, . SS w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 25 June 1965
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Colonel Neal Creighton. Headquarters, Commandant, . Neal Creighton was Headquarters Commandant of 8th USAAF for a little over two years. He was decorated with the military awards Legion of Merit with 3 oak leaf clusters and the Bronze Star. He also rec
Died 1 July 1965
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Major Raymond Smith. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Earned the title,according to his son, as 'The only German ace in the American Air Force' this was the result of having 5 thunderbolts destroyed while he was flying them. He was essentially
Died 9 August 1965
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Brigadier General Orvil Anderson. Deputy Commander of Operations, . He served as chief of the Plans Division, Headquarters Army Air Force, 1941-1943; chairman of the Combined Operational Planning Committee, European Theater of Operations, 1943-44; deputy
Died 23 August 1965
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Captain Buell Andrus. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 1965
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Second Lieutenant Charles Poage. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Charles Poage arrived the the 4th Fighter Group on 13 July 1944. He was assigned to the 335th Squadron. During September, he accounted for four enemy aircraft destroyed. On 24 December th
Died 23 October 1965
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Steve Bordano. Ball Turret Gunner, 34th Bomb Group. He spent time as the Ball Turret gunner of the Peterson Crew on the " Gotta Haver" and primarily on "Wee Willies Wolves" crash landed in Belgium in either
Died 30 October 1965
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First Lieutenant Albert Reynolds. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 35 missions
Died 4 November 1965
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Brigadier General Walter Peck. Pilot; Commanding Officer, 458th Bomb Group. BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK Died December 24,1965 Walter Raymond Peck was born Jan. 15, 1896, in Lima, Ohio. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y
Died 24 December 1965
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