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First Lieutenant Charles Floyd. Pilot, 100th Bomb Group. Killed in action 3 September 1943 in B-17 42-30059 'Barker's Burden.
Died 3 September 1943
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Second Lieutenant Julius Krafft. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #423300. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 3 September 1943
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Staff Sergeant Frank Frydryk. Ball Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #423300. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 3 September 1943
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Technical Sergeant Donald Armstrong. Right Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #423300. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 3 September 1943
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ANVIL (USN Aphrodite equivalent) MISSION: Heligoland U-boat pens..
Locations: Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK
Mission date: 3 September 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY.
Locations: LUDWIGSHAFEN/OPAU (Primary)
Mission date: 3 September 1944
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Captain David Lewis. Navigator, 452nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 3 September 1944 in AC #4238119. DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 3 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Glennon Moran. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Fighter ace Moran served in World War II, Korea, the Berlin Crisis and as commander of the 131st Tactical Fighter Wing at Robertson ANG Base, Missouri, from August 1962 to October 1968.
Died 3 September 1986
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First Lieutenant Raymond Ostolski. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 September 1997
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First Lieutenant Warren Falcon. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 September 1998
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Staff Sergeant William Mosher. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #119 dated 22 June 1944, John R. Bennett crew. 19 combat missions.
Died 3 September 1999
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Colonel Donald Blakeslee. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Don Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. As a boy he became captivated with planes while watching the Cleveland National Air Races held only 30 miles away from his home at
Died 3 September 2008
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