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First Lieutenant Glenn Herter. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Last seen chasing an Fw190 and crashed near Wittenburg on a bomber support mission on 3-Mar-44 in P-51B 43-6740. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3045. Awards
Died 3 March 1944
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Lieutenant Donald Ahlwardt. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Involved in a mid-air collision with a B-17 from the 447th BG over the German coast NW of Hamburg after a mission to Berlin was recalled on 3 Mar 3 1944 in B-17G #42-38075. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 3 March 1944
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Second Lieutenant Stanley Jacobson. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crashd on take off due to mechanical problems on an operational mission on 3 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-99939 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 3 March 1944
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Staff Sergeant Salvatore Cambria. Engineer, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crashd on take off due to mechanical problems on an operational mission on 3 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-99939 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 3 March 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY MUNITIONS INDUSTRY OIL REFINERY MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY TANK FACTORY MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX FIGHTER SWEEPS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY R
Mission date: 3 March 1945
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First Lieutenant George Jones. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Meckohn in P-51 #441204
Died 3 March 1945
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Flight Officer Aram Kadehjian. Navigator, 448th Bomb Group. Aram Kadehjian was Killed in Action (KIA) when flying as a navigator on a mission on 3 March 1945. His B-24 42-51247 collided with another aircraft and crashed near Osterburg on a mission to Magd
Died 3 March 1945
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Lieutenant Irving Smarinsky. Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Osterburg in B-24 'Gung Ho' #4250463
Died 3 March 1945
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Private Joseph Mull. Nose Gunner, 448th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Osterburg in B-24 #4251247
Died 3 March 1945
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Second Lieutenant Horace Lane. Co-Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Osterburg in B-24 'Gung Ho' #4250463
Died 3 March 1945
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Second Lieutenant Otis Kurth. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) March 3, 1945, hometown Wichita, KS
Died 3 March 1945
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Second Lieutenant Robert Duncan. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Schoenbeck in B-17 'Paisano' #42102450
Died 3 March 1945
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Staff Sergeant Francis Kelley. Radio Operator, 448th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Osterburg in B-24 'Gung Ho' #4250463
Died 3 March 1945
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Lieutenant Colonel William Booth. Pilot, . Bill Booth was a glider pilot stationed at Barkston Heath, probably as part of the 61st Troop Carrier Group. He took part in Operation 'Market Garden' in September 1944. He stayed in what became the US
Died 3 March 1989
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Forrest Crute. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 March 1990
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Second Lieutenant Leo Feider. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Leo J. Feider wrote a memoir of his experiences as a Bombardier with the 384th Bombardment Group. The memoir was published in St Paul, Minnesota, 1986.
Died 3 March 1991
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Staff Sergeant Charles Purcell. Ball Turret Gunner, 493rd Bomb Group. He flew 12 missions on B-24 'Shoo Shoo Baby' and 24 missions in B -17 'Day's Pay' . The B -17 was a gift to the USAAF from the 51,000 employees of Hanford Eng.
Died 3 March 2001
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Staff Sergeant Eugene Girman. Radio Operator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Eugene Girman was Radio Operator on board B-17 # 42-97291 of 303rd Bomb Group / 359th Bomb Squadron. Lost on the 24 August 1944 mission to the Leuna refinery in
Died 3 March 2004
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Master Sergeant Francis Bamrick. Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. Crew Chief for B-17 43-38548
Died 3 March 2005
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Sergeant Morton Warnow. Waist Gunner, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down 20 July 1944 in B-17 42-102917. Prisoner of War (POW). SGT Morton Warnow’s Purple Heart was lost, and found by strangers. A misspelling (“Warwow” instead of “Warnow
Died 3 March 2006
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