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Captain Maurice Baker. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 victory on 12 May 1944. ETD.
Died 12 January 1981
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Woodrow Wiggins. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 14 January 1981
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First Lieutenant Reba Tobiason nee Whittle. Flight Nurse, . Assigned to 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron, IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command, 9AF. Flew over 500hrs on 40 missions between Jan-44 to Sept-44. Failed to return from casualt
Died 26 January 1981
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First Lieutenant Thomas Redick. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1981
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Novell. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1981
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Master Sergeant Haskell Barker . 305th Bombardment Group ground crew, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Haskell Barker and his crew of the 305th Bomb Group, inspect Martini's B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Dry Martini" and the Cocktail Kids. Bar
Died 5 March 1981
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Captain Peter Huggard. , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1981
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First Lieutenant Gilbert Scott. Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 May 1981
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Sergeant Barney Fisher. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 May 1981
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Lieutenant Colonel Harold Strickland. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Failed check ride in Curtiss Jenny and washed out of AAC flying program 3-1925, approached British embassy to fly for RAF 1940, contacted Knight committee 1940, service pilot training in US,
Died 25 May 1981
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Lieutenant Alexander Kramarinko. Co-Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. On 6-September-1942 while serving as Co-Pilot of B-17 41-24516 'Meltin' Pot' the aircraft lost 2 engines off Londonderry after flight from Newfoundland. Landed
Died 26 May 1981
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Staff Sergeant Harvey Nielsen. Top Turret Gunner and Assistant Flight Engineer, 453rd Bomb Group. Apparently a happy-go-lucky character. "We had a gunner named Harvey Nielsen, he had a fixation on monkeys. He bought his first one in South America and
Died 7 June 1981
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Lieutenant Edgar Burton. Navigator, 446th Bomb Group. Flew 25 missions, ending just before D-Day. Flew on D Day just to see it. According to him, he never saw a German fighter but did see lots of flak.
Died 27 June 1981
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Earl Wheless. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. At some point Wheless was replaced on the crew by William C. Vanzytfield. As Vanzyfield is listed in the booklet "Officers of Attlebridge" and Wheless is not, it is uncertain
Died 1 July 1981
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Staff Sergeant Walter Gasser. Top Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 31 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29635 'Augerhead'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Died 27 July 1981
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Staff Sergeant Harold Sheets. Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. Managed to evade capture. Helped by the Belgian evasion network “Comete&rd
Died 1 August 1981
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Lieutenant Colonel Jack Oberhansly. Group commander, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Colonel Jack Oberhansly, from Spanish Fork, Utah, was commissioned and received his wings on 12 December 1941 at Luke Field, Phoenix Arizona. He joined the 14th Pursuit Group,
Died 6 September 1981
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Flight Officer William Nichols. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU training, assigned to 71S, FTR 7-9-41, POW.
Died 10 September 1981
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Edward Tokarsky. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 October 1981
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Sanders. Flight Engineer, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 8 October 1981
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Technical Sergeant Donald Vorisek. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, Andrew Boles Crew. 15 combat missions. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #
Died 6 November 1981
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Second Lieutenant George Owen. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. ETO Ribbon, Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Distinguished Flying Cross
Died 21 November 1981
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Captain Raymond McKeeby. Flight Surgeon, 448th Bomb Group. Flew on 4 D-Day missions.
Died 9 December 1981
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First Lieutenant Edwin Grant. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 13 missions. Instructor pilot in B-24 41-28718 on mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine kn
Died 9 December 1981
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