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Mission date: 1 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Billy Reel. Co-Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Stendal in B-17 #4338932
Died 1 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Jay Baas. Co-Pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Killed in Action (KIA) at Windberge in B-17 b#4338252
Died 1 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Joelbert Ellingson. Co-Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group. Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 1 January 1945
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Second Lieutenant Ralph Rollins. Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Stendal in B-17 #4338932
Died 1 January 1945
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Staff Sergeant Robert Mercurio. Top Turret Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Mission 197 to Remagen. B24 AC# 42-51865 crashed on takeoff.
Died 1 January 1945
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Technical Sergeant Anthony Cecere. Top Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea in B=17 #4338690
Died 1 January 1945
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First Lieutenant Edward Dwan. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1967
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First Lieutenant Monroe Behrens. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1974
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Staff Sergeant Robert Newmes. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 1 January 1975
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Second Lieutenant Method Nikoloff. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1977
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Staff Sergeant Timothy Geng. nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1977
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Captain George Maxton. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1985
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Private First Class Fred Ashook. Military Occupation Specialty 550-Airplane Woodworker, 384th Bomb Group. •Promoted to Private First Class on AAF Station 106 Special Order #51 dated 17 March 1944. •Reclassified from Military Occupation Specialty
Died 1 January 1990
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Staff Sergeant John Kieffer. B-17 Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers.
Died 1 January 1990
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First Lieutenant Charles Katzenmeyer. Fighter Pilot, 365th Fighter Group.
Died 1 January 1999
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Flight Officer Edward Raila. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #74 dated 5 April 1945, Wallace Davidson Crew. 2 combat missions.
Died 1 January 2001
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lloyd Stovall. Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. 32 missions AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Died 1 January 2002
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Second Lieutenant Julius Conison. Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Landsberg on 9 Apr 45 in B-17 #448504
Died 1 January 2006
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