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Staff Sergeant Gerald Tucker. Right Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Sgt Gerald Tucker (whose first name is often misspelled Gerold) was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-3119 when it was shot down on the Hamburg mission of 26 July 1943.
Died 17 January 2013
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Colonel Richard Baynes. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. 35 missions. 6 gas hauling missions flying gas to Patton's army. Author of Replacement Crew in library. Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Died 26 January 2013
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First Lieutenant Clifford Ellison. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. 35 combat missions AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 31 January 2013
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Second Lieutenant Andrew Conway. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Lykes Henderson Crew, 2 combat missions. Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 26 June 1943
Died 13 February 2013
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First Lieutenant Donald Roscoe. Navigator, 490th Bomb Group. 35 missions between 16 Nov 1944 and 11 Mar 1945, all with the same crew. A few holes in the B-17 but no one was injured. 10 lucky guys, especially on the Merseberg raid 25 Nov 1944 when losses w
Died 17 February 2013
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Douglas Space. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 February 2013
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Lieutenant Henry Johnson. Pilot, 493rd Bomb Group. A 1937 graduate of the Maine Township High School at Park Ridge, Illinois, Henry Johnson was a studio merchandise manager for the Montgomery Ward catalog company before enlisting in the Air Corps in Decem
Died 22 February 2013
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First Lieutenant Bernard Kellenyi. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. After enlisting in the Army Air Force and earning his degree in Architecture from Catholic University he was accepted at Flight School. Flight training was completed at bases in Florida, Ohio an
Died 24 February 2013
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Second Lieutenant Louis Loevsky. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. B-24H #41-29434 'Terry and the Pirates' was involved in a mid-air collision after the other a/c was hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar 19
Died 24 February 2013
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Technical Sergeant Pate Given. Radio Operator, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 8 March 2013
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Lloyd Olson. Ball Turret Gunner, 447th Bomb Group. Gardners Pardners'
Died 22 March 2013
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) John Brockman. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 2013
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First Lieutenant Lester Bishop. Navigator, 490th Bomb Group. Flew as navigator on Allan crew in B-17 #4294853. Arrived at Eye in May 1944. 2 DFC, 3 Air Medals
Died 29 March 2013
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First Lieutenant Hubert Sullins. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Also called up for the Korean War. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major
Died 8 April 2013
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Captain Stuart Peace. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. completed 35 missions in WW II Was the only survivor of a mid-air collision while riding as a formation observer on 16 September 1944. His co-pilot, Fred Deck, the 787th BS Commander, John O. Cockey and seve
Died 9 May 2013
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First Lieutenant Albert Barlow. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. 60 missions. Credited 1 kill. Baled out of his aircraft on 29-May-44 and rescued by ASR [RTD]. Hit by flak and baled out when engine afire, A/C P-47 &
Died 20 May 2013
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Sergeant Nelson Brott. Right Waist Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. On his 6th mission, Nelson Brott was Top Turret Gunner on B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to b
Died 23 May 2013
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Second Lieutenant Marcus Dellefemine. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 May 2013
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Wilfred Perkins. Nose Gunner/Toggelier, 466th Bomb Group. ATO/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 17 June 2013
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Thomas McQueen. Flight Engineer - Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Hit by flak and crashed at Harveng on 7/12/44 in B-24 #42100365 POW
Died 17 June 2013
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Captain John Hardin. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. John T Hardin was a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group. His most memorable mission was the one when they went to bomb the U-Boat Pen at La Pallice, France. His plane "Mizpah" collid
Died 8 July 2013
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Second Lieutenant Thomas McNamara. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam on 8/9/44 in B-24 Hot Box #4129374 POW
Died 13 July 2013
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Second Lieutenant Edgar Michaels. Navigator, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edgar Michaels enlisted in the Air Corps in September 1942. He trained as an aerial navigator on B-24s at Ellington Field, Tex
Died 21 July 2013
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Major Roswell Freedman. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Flew 4 missions on D-Day, 3 days later hit diving at a troop train (won Purple Heart). Battle of the Bulge. Post war: Joined 27th Fighter Wing in SAC to escort B-36s. Flew in 2 high flights fer
Died 20 August 2013
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First Lieutenant William Horney. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. William Horney Jr, "Bill", as he was called by family and friends, grew up in small towns in New Jersey. He graduated from high school in Vineland and then attended college at Rutgers
Died 22 August 2013
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First Lieutenant Robert Aston. Navigator; Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Documents attached to database form. DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster state bar of Ga honored Aston for helping veterans to acquire their medals
Died 1 September 2013
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Colonel John Henry. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. John B Henry served as a pilot with the 339th Fighter Group. He flew P-51 'San Antone Rose'. Completed tour of duty April 11, 1945. Legion of Merit w/4 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC, Air Medal w/7
Died 2 September 2013
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gunther Hepprich. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 16 September 2013
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Earnest Degan. Waist Gunner, 487th Bomb Group. Flew on B-17G #43-37918.
Died 6 October 2013
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First Lieutenant Clifford Bakkom. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 9 October 2013
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Sergeant Rodney Newman. , 491st Bomb Group.
Died 9 October 2013
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Major Joseph Tikey. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Favorite aircraft was "Slick Chick" as his crew had named her. She would go on to be the longest serving 466th BG aircraft. Completed 30 missions: Three as Squadron Lead, Seven as Group Lead, Nin
Died 17 October 2013
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Second Lieutenant Stanford Goldberg. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 October 2013
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First Lieutenant Otto Nuerauter. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 October 2013
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First Lieutenant Charles Seth. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Damaged by flak and fighters and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-24 Lovely Lady's Avngr #4440093 INT
Died 22 October 2013
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Roland Stewart. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 October 2013
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Kadlec. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 November 2013
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Flight Officer Paul Beam. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 5 November 2013
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Captain Richard Sheil. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Dick graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1941. At the outbreak of World War II, Dick joined the Army Air Force and trained as a B-17 pilot. As a pilot in the 8th Air Force 94th Bomb Group, he flew 3
Died 9 November 2013
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First Lieutenant Edward Waspi. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 November 2013
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Milton Holly. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 November 2013
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Lieutenant Colonel Victor Bast. Fighter pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 63 missions. Credited 4 x kill, 11 x damaged. EOW. Became the squadron’s post-war Assistant Operations Officer. Awards: DFC, AM (7 OLC), WWII Vict
Died 23 December 2013
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Lieutenant Colonel Harold Gantert. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17G 42-102448 on 26 April 1944. After bombs away, the ship was attacked by an Me-109, which made one pass from the tail; the left wing caught fire and the pilot dived into the
Died 31 December 2013
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