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Technical Sergeant Clarence Flory. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #85 dated 6 May 1944, William A. Fairfield Crew, 28 combat missions.
Died 10 January 1988
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Major Fred Vacek. Bombardier, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 1 February 1988
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First Lieutenant Walter Guhde. Pilotage Navigator/Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 February 1988
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Second Lieutenant Glenn Fielding. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Missions flown-81; Operational hours 298:45. Once came back to base with a foot long solid chunk of cast iron weighing 12 pounds( from a German freight car) embedded in the right wing of his P-
Died 10 February 1988
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Glen Hulse. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 February 1988
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Colonel Immanuel Klette. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. "One of the fliers who made it back from Pilsen [final 8th A.F. combat mission of the War] defined the uncrushable spirit of the air force that helped bring Germany to ruin. Twenty
Died 12 February 1988
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) John Lingo. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 February 1988
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Technical Sergeant Robert Siavage. Radio Operator Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was assigned to Earl Tunnell crew. He flew the first raid to Germany on 27 Jan 1943 with Col. Frank A. Armstrong. Shot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F 42-5378, 3
Died 31 March 1988
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First Lieutenant Jack Crowell. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 April 1988
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Second Lieutenant Harold Bauer. Fighter pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Upon landing after a local test flight on 29 Feb 1944, P-38J 42-67749 nosed over at the end of the runway due to a flap malfunction. Returned to Duty (R
Died 10 April 1988
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First Lieutenant Charles Shilke. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 1st Lt. Shilke few a P-51 Mustang named "Black Lace", and his Crew Chief was S/Sgt John Ganofsky. Post War: Worked at University Park Airport i
Died 22 April 1988
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Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Thomas Clarkson. Engineering Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1988
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Oliver Morris. Waist Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 10 May 1988
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Captain Paul Jorgensen. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He reported to ETO on 19 Nov 1943. He flew as CP on Bill Hilton crew. He was assigend to Robert Schoch crew. He completed tour on 27 May 1944. AM 3OLC, DFC,
Died 14 May 1988
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Richard Garlichs. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 30 May 1988
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Richard Barrickman. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 June 1988
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Captain Richard Herren. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group. Richard was very bright, funny, witty. A huge sports fan, he loved the Arkansas Razorbacks. He loved to read newspapers and news magazines, for one reason because his family could not afford a newspape
Died 27 June 1988
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Second Lieutenant Lowell Bruhns. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 July 1988
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First Lieutenant Lykes Henderson. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW). 26 June 1943, B17 42-30037 was attacked by fighters, hit by flak crashing near Dieppe, France, 2 combat missions. POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-L
Died 10 July 1988
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Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Tyler. Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. 7-0-0
Died 21 July 1988
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First Lieutenant David Allen. Fighter Pilot, 354th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force. Transferred to 358FS, 355FG 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 354FG. Ended Tour Duty (ETD
Died 24 July 1988
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Staff Sergeant William Utt. Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. Flew 35 missions. 1st Plane was 'Go Getter' Member of Dye's crew Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME Ribbon w/ 3 Battle Stars/ Bronze Star/ DFC
Died 1 August 1988
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Technical Sergeant Elvis McCoy. Radio Operator, 381st Bomb Group. Elvis McCoy (spelled Mc Coy in NARA's WWII Enlistment records) grew up in rural Oklahoma and attended the Miami High School there, graduating in 1940. He worked in the machine shop at
Died 1 August 1988
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Captain Klayton Nelson. Squadron Adjutant, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 August 1988
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Staff Sergeant Paul Carter. Left Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 23 August 1988
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First Lieutenant Seymour Deutsch. Navigator, 493rd Bomb Group. Flew 36 missions over Germany with the same crew. . 12 Missions in B-24 'Shoo Shoo Baby' and 24 in B-17 'Day's Pay'. 51,000 employees at the Hanford Engineer Works don
Died 22 September 1988
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Staff Sergeant Clinton Coughlin. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Cecil McKinney crew. Reported to the ETO on 12 Apr 1944. Departed ETO on 25 Sept 1944.
Died 10 October 1988
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Captain Jacob Epting. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Jacob Epting is listed as Jake Jr in the US 1940 census and his Father as Jake. NARA’s WWII Enlistment records have him as Jacob. Jacob/Jake Jr graduated from Tupelo High School in 1
Died 22 October 1988
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Captain Nicholas Megura. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Nicholas Megura was born on 28 July 1920 at Ansonia, Connecticut. He was expelled as freshman from Philips University for "high-jinx". Later on he wnt to work at the Vought-Sikorsky plant, taki
Died 4 November 1988
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Captain James Lightle. Assistant S-2 Officer, Security, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 November 1988
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Master Sergeant Circy Smith. Military Occupation specialty 750-Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 17 November 1988
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First Lieutenant Charles Saxon. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed a 35 mission combat tour Graduated from Columbia University Staff Cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine for many years after the war. Did 725 cartoons and 92 covers for the "
Died 6 December 1988
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Captain Oswald Masoni. Navigator, 379th Bomb Group. On July 4,1944 returning from France in "Twentieth Century" B17G#42-32000 which had lost 2 engines due to flak damage. Over England, a third engine lost power. A/c made a wheels up landing in a
Died 16 December 1988
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