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Mission date: 5 August 1944
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Captain Ralph Amoss. Bombardier, 392nd Bomb Group. Shot down 5 August 1944 in AC #4295222. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Wendling's Crusaders by Vickers p. 55, Amoss was one of the leading Bombardiers. he asked to fly this mission in place of
Died 5 August 1944
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Lieutenant John Hatch. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea in P-47 #4226027
Died 5 August 1944
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Second Lieutenant John Myler. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Kohlenbissen in P-47 #4274723
Died 5 August 1944
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First Lieutenant William Agnew. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 70+ combat missions. Credited 1 probable. Killed in Mid Air Collision in P-51D 44-15598 2 miles SW Kaufbue
Died 5 August 1945
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Brigadier General Robert Travis. Commanding Officer, . Travis AFB in CA. named after him. Brother of William Livingston Travis. Robert was Commander of 41st CBW composed of 303rd,384th,and the 379th BG He was killed in a B-29 crash . He had been thrown cl
Died 5 August 1950
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Major Louis Sebille. Pilot, 322nd Bomb Group. Seville joined the US military on the 21st December 1941 after Pearl Harbor in the patriotic rush. He joined the USAAF and began flight training in January 1942. He was commissioned in July of the same ye
Died 5 August 1950
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Daniel Johnson. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 August 1991
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Major Leonard Carson. Fighter Pilot ; Squadron Commander, 357th Fighter Group. Leonard Carson joined the 357th Fighter Group in January 1944 and shortly after became an Ace. He won most of his victories in his last few months with the 357th, claiming 5 ai
Died 5 August 1994
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Captain Jesse Gonnam. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Jesse W Gonnam enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and graduated as a fighter pilot. In October of 1942 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Foster Field in Victoria, TX. While there
Died 5 August 2002
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Second Lieutenant Calvin Morton. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 August 2006
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Captain Heath Carriker. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30
Died 5 August 2012
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