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Technical Sergeant Walter Taylor. Ball Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 December 1943 in B-24 #4240738 'Fightin' Sam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 5 December 1943
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APHRODITE MISSION TARGET UNKNOWN.
Locations: HERFORD
Mission date: 5 December 1944
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MUNITIONS and TANK FACTORTIES MARSHALLING YARDS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
Locations: BERLIN MUNSTER NEINBURG
Mission date: 5 December 1944
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Lieutenant Alvin Deeds. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Hohnhorst in P-51 'Bee-Jay' #4414727
Died 5 December 1944
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Richard Sponaugle. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 1971
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Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Vern Rhoades. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 1980
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Corporal Leonard Ahlstrom. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Died 5 December 1986
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Homer Mellas. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 2007
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First Lieutenant Wallace Clay. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Crew 419. Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Died 5 December 2011
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