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Mission date: 4 June 1944
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Captain James Wilkinson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. James Willard Wilkinson was born in Newark, Ohio, on November 9, 1916. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Cincinnati University where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Wil
Died 4 June 1944
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First Lieutenant Raymond Sachtleben. Pilot, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Flight Officer Wallace Krueger. Bombardier, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone, Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Private Edward Bunalski. Fire Fighter, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Killed by an exploding bomb as he responded to crash of B24 42-95160
Died 4 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Gerald Hirschman. Navigator, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160
Died 4 June 1944
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Second Lieutenant Vernon Mueller. Co-Pilot, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Sergeant Monroe Atchley. Fire Fighter, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Killed by an exploding bomb as he was responding to the crash of B-24 42-91560
Died 4 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Edward DeBrular. Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant George Johnson. Right Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 42-31353 'Queenie. ' Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Died 4 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Harry Wensel. Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Howard Schwegel. Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Staff Sergeant Oliver Brown. Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Died in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Technical Sergeant Clarence Grimm. Engineer, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk
Died 4 June 1944
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Technical Sergeant William Laslo. Radio Operator, 492nd Bomb Group. Killed in crash of B24 42-95160, Garvestone Norfolk.
Died 4 June 1944
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First Lieutenant Gordon Gunderson. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 June 1966
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Captain Robert Hahn. , . 'My father was stationed with the US Army Air Force in England, possibly starting in 1943 or 1944. Recently in moving I found the enclosed photo which I had not seen before. My father wrote on it "1945 photo, Recon Grou
Died 4 June 1996
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Private Second Class (7th Grade) Ted Parker. Turret gunner , 491st Bomb Group. Ted Parker a top turret gunner of the 491st Bomb Group in position inside the nose of a B-24 Liberator.
Died 4 June 2001
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Kidd. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Ernest Kidd was Pilot of B-17 "Skunkface" #42-29656, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed behind the railway station at Lens, NNW
Died 4 June 2001
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Staff Sergeant Mario Casagrande. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #239 dated 5 December 1944, Ranald MacDonald Crew, 27 combat missions. RTD crashed
Died 4 June 2005
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