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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT AIRCRAFT FACTORY.
Locations: KARLSRUHE (Primary) LUDWIGSHAFEN (Primary) STUTTGART (Primary)
Mission date: 5 September 1944
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Captain Gray Doyle. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Reine in P-47 44-19573
Died 5 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Garrett. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. B-24H #42-52587 'Shoo Shoo Baby' crashed near Lake Belterwijde, Holland after colliding with another aircraft on a mission to Achmer airfield, GR on 23 Mar 1944. He successfully evaded
Died 5 September 1944
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Second Lieutenant Robert Petry. Bombardier, 486th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed at Brest in B-17 Nobody Gotszit #4337949
Died 5 September 1944
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Major John Armstrong. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Fw190 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Bad Kreuznach, left formation in P-51D 'Guardian Angel' 44-13791 trailing white
Died 5 September 1954
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Captain Buell Andrus. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 1965
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Captain Daniel Ebbs. Squadron Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 2000
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First Lieutenant Edward Abbey. Co-pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do.
Died 5 September 2006
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First Lieutenant Roy Smith. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 2007
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Second Lieutenant Frank Schriner. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 2009
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