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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS FIGHTER SWEEPS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: BINGEN KASSEL MEININGEN COLOGNE FRANKFURT MANNHEIM KOBLENZ KOBLENZ/LUTZEL OBERLAHNSTEIN
Mission date: 2 December 1944
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Captain Eugene Barnum. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed one tour of duty, returning for a second tour. Credited with two aerial kills. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Bingen in P-47 44-19739, positioning him
Died 2 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Roy Storrick. Co-Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 2 December 1944 in B-24 #4250366. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 December 1944
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Second Lieutenant Wyman Baker. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return(FTR) fighter sweep Marburg in P-47 42-28741. Collided with P-47 44-19739 whilst in melee with Bf109's, crashed near Guell. Killed in
Died 2 December 1944
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Lieutenant Colonel John Meyer. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. John C Meyer became an Aviation Cadet and enlisted shortly after in 1939. By 1940 he had been promoted to Second-Lieutenant and was training pilots at Randolph Field, Texas. After received
Died 2 December 1975
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Lieutenant Colonel William Cureton. Executive Officer, 55th Fighter Group. Executive Officer, 55th Fighter Group.
Died 2 December 1984
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First Sergeant (1st Grade) Locklyn Sangster. Armorer, 359th Fighter Group. Locklyn Sangster was an armourer, member of the ground crew of 359th Fighter Group / 370th Fighter Squadron.
Died 2 December 1990
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First Lieutenant Charles Moore. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 2 December 2000
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Captain Harold Odden. Station Chemical & Utilities Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 December 2003
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Colonel Roderick Darelius. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 December 2006
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