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Mission date: 2 July 1944
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First Lieutenant Thomas Sharp. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt Thomas S Sharp, McArthur, Ohio graduated in class 43J, US Army Air Corps. He was a P-51B pilot assigned to the 334th FS, 4th FG, Debden AB, UK and was part of ‘Shuttle to Rus
Died 2 July 1944
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Lieutenant Ralph Hofer. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Ralph Kidd Hofer was born Ralph Kidd Halbrook on a farm near Salem, Missouri, in 1921. Upon his father's death, when Ralph was only four, his mother remarried and his name was changed to Ralph Kidd Ho
Died 2 July 1944
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Second Lieutenant James Logan. Pilot, 487th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed near Lens on 2 Jul 1944 in B-24H #42-52609 'Murph's Mighty Mob'. Excerpt from citation accompanying the Distinguished Flying Cross
Died 2 July 1944
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Staff Sergeant Fred Brunty. Tail Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Air Medal w /Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 2 July 1957
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Lieutenant Colonel Carl Gies. Fighter Pilot/Operations Officer/FAC, 354th Fighter Group. Shot down 2 Zeros in the Philippines with the 20th PS. Landed on Utah Beach leading forward air controllers awarded Bronze Star. Received French Croix de Guerre, Belg
Died 2 July 1964
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Staff Sergeant Robert Cameron. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down in B-17 42-107057 BK-T, Spirit of "96" on 25 September 1944. POW, Missing Air Crew Report #9414.
Died 2 July 1992
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Second Lieutenant Will Butts. Fighter Pilot, 361st Fighter Group.
Died 2 July 1996
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Brigadier General James Stewart. Aircraft Commander; Operations Officer; Chief of Staff, 445th Bomb Group. Hollywood screen actor James Stewart interrupted his successful film career to join the Air Corps in 1941. Aware of publicity value for the war eff
Died 2 July 1997
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Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Patrick Homentowski. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581 POw
Died 2 July 2003
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Major George Carpenter. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Major Carpenter was born 14 May 1917 in Townville, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Oil City, where he graduated from high school in 1935. he attended Grove City College, meanwhile taking flight instruction und
Died 2 July 2005
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First Lieutenant James Hileman. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Awards: AM (4 OLC), WWII Victory. Post War: Worked for ALCOA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 July 2008
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First Lieutenant Robert McPhillamey. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down 26 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23804 'Sad Sack', 44BG/66BS while serving as Pilot on a mission to bomb the port facilities as Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The
Died 2 July 2009
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