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Locations: BOTTROP/WELHUN GELSENKIRCHEN/NORDSTERN HAMBURG/HARBURG
Mission date: 4 November 1944
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Lieutenant Eldon Frobish. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 4 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Edward Spedding. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 4 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Frederick McKanna. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Misburg in B-24 #42109815
Died 4 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Benz. Co-Pilot, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) at Misburg in B-24 'American Beauty' #4295293
Died 4 November 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Sager. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 4 November 1944
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Staff Sergeant Donald McArthur. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 Crashed at Mitburg in B-24 #42109815 AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 4 November 1944
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Staff Sergeant Richard Hurlburt. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crew member #42-40610, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. Later on 9 Oct 43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 #4240
Died 4 November 1944
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Technical Sergeant Lupe Lara. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 4 November 1944
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Technical Sergeant Robert Lee. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 4 November 1944 PH
Died 4 November 1944
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First Lieutenant Albert Reynolds. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 35 missions
Died 4 November 1965
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Captain Nicholas Megura. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Nicholas Megura was born on 28 July 1920 at Ansonia, Connecticut. He was expelled as freshman from Philips University for "high-jinx". Later on he wnt to work at the Vought-Sikorsky plant, taki
Died 4 November 1988
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Lieutenant Colonel Cadman Padgett. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned 121S, transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, Promoted to 1st Lt, designated Assistant Squadron Engineering Officer 20-1-43, Promoted to Captain 30-11-43. Post War: Op
Died 4 November 1991
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First Lieutenant Richard Bates. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 November 1992
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First Lieutenant Myron Weekley. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 November 2003
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Master Sergeant (1st Grade) George Wolfe. Ground Crew Chief, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Senior Master Sergeant.
Died 4 November 2003
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Second Lieutenant George Seidlein. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. B-17G 42-31435, 'West End,' modified w/six . 50 mgs in chin turret. Lost three engines due to heavy flak on mission to Orleans, France, 6 July 1944. Made emergency landing at RAF Man
Died 4 November 2008
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Sergeant Andrew Rooney. Staff Reporter, Stars and Stripes , . Andy Rooney was a war correspondent and journalist for the Stars and Stripes, in February 1943 he was selected as one of eight journalists to accompany the 8th Air Force flying bombing missions
Died 4 November 2011
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