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DIVERSION MOCK DIVERSION AIRFIELD ATELIER D'HELLEMMES LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
Locations: RECALLED ABBEVILLE/ DRUCAT (Primary) LILLE (Primary)
Mission date: 6 December 1942
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BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX RAIL JUNCTION INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY AQUEDUCT.
Locations: BIELEFELD HANNOVER LOCKUM MERSEBURG MERSEBURG/LEUNA MINDEN/MITTELLAND CANAL
Mission date: 6 December 1944
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First Lieutenant Melville Ball. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Kill. Completed tour of duty. Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 6 December 1984
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First Lieutenant Charles Saxon. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed a 35 mission combat tour Graduated from Columbia University Staff Cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine for many years after the war. Did 725 cartoons and 92 covers for the "
Died 6 December 1988
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First Lieutenant Joseph Ashenmacher. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour Duty (ETD).
Died 6 December 1991
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Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Milton Carpenter. Armament Specialist, 466th Bomb Group. In addition to his armament duties, Milton Carpenter played guitar in the 466th BG band, "The Flying Deck."
Died 6 December 1993
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Colonel Ralph Johnson. Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. RTD Ditched in North Sea in P-47 on 26 Jun 43/ see story in 'My War' by Andy Rooney on page 137. Legion of Merit, DFC,POW,Air medal
Died 6 December 2011
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Major Everett Elkins. Group S-2 Intelligence Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 December 2011
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