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Captain William Kelly. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RCAF, service pilot training, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, Fw190 destroyed on Rodeo to Abbeville, France 31-7-42 transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8
Died 5 February 1943
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AIRFIELD AIRFIELD - CHATEAUDUN (last resort) AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AIRFIELD.
Locations: AVORD (Primary) 28200 Châteaudun, France 28200 Châteaudun, France CHATEAUROUX/MARTINERE (Primary) DARBERT (Last r
Mission date: 5 February 1944
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First Lieutenant Edgar Albert. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Romilly Sur Seine, having attacked some Fw190's, section was bounced by three Bf109's out of the sun. Lt
Died 5 February 1944
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Lieutenant Carl Bohnisch. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 2 December 1943. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Lieutenant John Giffin. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 2 December 1943. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Harold Spink. Bombardier, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Richard Albert. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Mid-air collision during local training flight on 5-Feb-44 in P-47D 42-7943 and crashed near Wangford, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Second Lieutenant Roger Phillips. Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Mid-air collision during local training flight on 5 Feb 1944 in P-47C #41-6319 and crashed near Wangford, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Joseph Morin. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 2 December 1943. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Kenneth Hall. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Staff Sergeant Silas Bailey. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. On 3 Feb 1944, B-24D #41-24192 'Dogpatch Raider' lost an engine and aborted during a mission to Emden and during the landing attempt, a/c appe
Died 5 February 1944
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Technical Sergeant Bernard Ohler. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 February 1944
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Technical Sergeant William Leverich. Top Turret Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 2 December 1943. Shot down by an FW 190 on mission to Tours Airfield, FR on 5 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100181 'Star Valley. ' Killed in Acti
Died 5 February 1944
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Master Sergeant Vernon Salmon. Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. Original Cadre
Died 5 February 1982
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First Lieutenant Fred Farington. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF 28 September 1944 - End Of War - 65 x combat missions, 1 x Victory. Post War: - Flight Instructor during the Korean War. Owner/operator aerial agricultural applic
Died 5 February 1998
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First Lieutenant Richard Cramer. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 February 2003
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Staff Sergeant Robert Sand. Airplane Propeller Specialist, 55th Fighter Group. Took photos during the war which have appeared in several books. GC
Died 5 February 2003
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First Lieutenant Seymour Fosberg. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Seymour L. Fosburg changed his name to Larry S. Tromer after the war.
Died 5 February 2008
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) William Line. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 February 2011
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