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Staff Sergeant Ernest Martin. Waist gunner, . Waist gunner of B-24 42-40316 'Snake Eyes' flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, KIA. Awarded DSC and PH posthumously. SYNOPSIS: Staff Sergeant Ernest V. Martin , United States Army Air Forces, was award
Died 6 August 1943
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Mission date: 6 August 1944
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First Lieutenant James Brantley. Pilot, 387th Bomb Group. Officially Killed In Action (KIA) but actually died in tragic accident while taxying, at start of B-26 bombing mission to France, on August 6 1944. 1st Lieutenant James H. Brantley was born on A
Died 6 August 1944
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Lieutenant Walker Whiteside. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Hennickendorf in P-51 #44-13792 on 6 Aug 1944. AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster 1 Me109, 1/2 Me210, 4 unidentified
Died 6 August 1944
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Staff Sergeant Thaddeus Jez. Tail Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Hamburg in B-24 Wallowing Wilbert #4129421
Died 6 August 1944
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Target: V-2 missile site Watten, France..
Locations: WATTEN
Mission date: 6 August 1944
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UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED.
Locations:
Mission date: 6 August 1944
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Lieutenant Charles Oldfield. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Charles Oldfield was a P-51 Pilot in the 78th Fighter Group / 84th Fighter Squadron. On return from the 25 February 1945 bomber escort mission to Nuremberg, Germany, low on fuel, he de
Died 6 August 1996
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Second Lieutenant Charles Carlson. Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in 42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. EVADED. Charles Carlson evaded capture and was
Died 6 August 1997
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Staff Sergeant Cleon Sires. Togglier, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2001
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Staff Sergeant John Gray. Radio Operator, 401st Bomb Group. Shot down 30 May 1944 in B-17 #4297440 'Flak Rat II. ' Prisoner of War (POW). POW
Died 6 August 2004
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Carlo Galvagno. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2007
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Warrington. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 August 2010
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