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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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5 February 1944
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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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