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First Lieutenant Monroe Behrens. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1974
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Corporal Rudolph Honsch. , 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Formerly a Bell Hop at the Hotel Pierre, New York, he enlisted in 1942. He was photographed aged 37 by Current Affairs Photographers.
Died 17 February 1974
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Leland Fuller. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 February 1974
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Second Lieutenant Walter Honcharik. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 March 1974
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Joseph Kluska. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 March 1974
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Verdun Price. Tail Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1974
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Sergeant Leonard Opie. MOS 611, Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, James Joseph Brodie Crew. 3 combat missions.
Died 20 May 1974
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First Lieutenant Frank McGonagill. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 June 1974
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General Carl Spaatz. Commanding General, 8th Air Force, . A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, in January 1942, General Spaatz was assigned as chief of the Army Air Force Combat Command at Washington and promoted to the temporary rank of major general. In May
Died 14 June 1974
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Flight Officer Lewis Wilder. Navigator, 491st Bomb Group.
Died 1 August 1974
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Major Donavon Smith. Commanding Officer, 56th Fighter Group. DSC/ DFC w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster 5.5
Died 10 September 1974
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Colonel John Wright. Intelligence Officer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. 16 April 1942 he volunteered for war service. He went on active duty as a captain in the USAF and was ordered to Officers' Training School. In June 1942, he was sent to t
Died 22 October 1974
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Staff Sergeant Harry McKnight. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Elwood Kowalski Crew, 1 combat mission. Original Crew #13. Prisoner of War (POW). Shot do
Died 27 October 1974
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Sergeant Michael Camporese. Sorting Mail, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Photographed by Current Affairs photographers, sorting mail in a post room on 28 Jan 1943.
Died 31 October 1974
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Colonel Harold Rau. Fighter Pilot - Group Commander, 20th Fighter Group.
Died 17 November 1974
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Major George Davis. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain George H Davis served on both the 336th and 335th fighter Squadrons. He was shot down on 3 March 1945 - he broke an ankle when he baled out of his P-51D Mustang 44-63599 and landed on a tree st
Died 20 November 1974
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